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zeugma

See also: Zeugma, zeugmą, and Zeugmą

English

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WOTD – 26 September 2007

Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “yoking; a bond, a band”), from ζεύγνυμι (zeúgnumi, “to yoke; to join”), from ζεῦγος (zeûgos, “a yoke”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈzjuːɡ.mə/, /ˈzuːɡ.mə/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

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Examples (1)
  • “We ate coffee and cake”
    for “We drank coffee and ate cake”

zeugma (plural zeugmata or zeugmas)

  1. (rhetoric) The act of using a word, particularly an adjective or verb, to apply to more than one noun when its sense is appropriate to only one.
  2. (rhetoric) Syllepsis.
    • July 1963, Fred Sommers, “Types and Ontology”, in The Philosophical Review‎[1], volume LXXII, Bobbs-Merrill Reprint Series in Philosophy, page 343:
      The existence of zeugmas suggests the rule of transitivity. Zeugmas appear incorrect because they embody an allegedly univocal use of a term in a way which violated[sic] the rule of transitivity.
    • 2008, Amanda Holton, The Sources of Chaucer's Poetics‎[2], page 104:
      Thus I would describe 'He took his leave and the wrong umbrella' as zeugma, but not 'He took his hat and umbrella'. Zeugma is an important element in Chaucer's poetic technique, not because he uses it, but because he so regularly turns it down.

Usage notes

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Some writers distinguish between zeugma and syllepsis, while others do not.

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Aragonese

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Noun

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zeugma m (uncountable)

  1. zeugma

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “bond; yoking”).

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Noun

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zeugma m (plural zeugmes)

  1. zeugma

Czech

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Noun

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zeugma n

  1. zeugma

Declension

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Further reading

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  • zeugma in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • zeugma in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • zeugma in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Dutch

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeûgma). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈzœy̯ɣ.maː/
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  • Hyphenation: zeug‧ma

Noun

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zeugma n (plural zeugmata or zeugma's, diminutive zeugmaatje n)

  1. zeugma

French

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zeugma m (plural zeugmas)

  1. zeugma

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Late Latin zeugma, from Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “bond; yoking”).

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zeugma m (plural zeugmi)

  1. (rhetoric) zeugma

Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “bond; yoking”).

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Noun

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zeugma n (genitive zeugmatis); third declension

  1. (Late Latin) zeugma

Declension

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Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative zeugma zeugmata
Genitive zeugmatis zeugmatum
Dative zeugmatī zeugmatibus
Accusative zeugma zeugmata
Ablative zeugmate zeugmatibus
Vocative zeugma zeugmata

References

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  • “zeugma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • zeugma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “zeugma”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎[3]
  • “zeugma”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “zeugma”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • “zeugma”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Polish

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin zeugma, from Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeûgma).

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Noun

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zeugma f

  1. (rhetoric) zeugma (using a word to apply to more than one noun)

Declension

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Declension of zeugma
singular plural
nominative zeugma zeugmy
genitive zeugmy zeugm
dative zeugmie zeugmom
accusative zeugmę zeugmy
instrumental zeugmą zeugmami
locative zeugmie zeugmach
vocative zeugmo zeugmy

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Latin zeugma, from Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “bond, yoking”).

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈzew.ɡi.mɐ/ [ˈzeʊ̯.ɡi.mɐ], /ˈzewɡ.mɐ/ [ˈzeʊ̯ɡ.mɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈzewɡ.ma/ [ˈzeʊ̯ɡ.ma], /ˈzew.ɡi.ma/ [ˈzeʊ̯.ɡi.ma]

  • Hyphenation: zeug‧ma

Noun

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zeugma m (plural zeugmas)

  1. (rhetoric) zeugma

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Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /zeǔɡma/
  • Hyphenation: ze‧ug‧ma

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zeùgma f (Cyrillic spelling зеу̀гма)

  1. zeugma

Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin zeugma, from Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “bond, yoking”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθeuɡma/ [ˈθeu̯ɣ̞.ma]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈseuɡma/ [ˈseu̯ɣ̞.ma]
  • Rhymes: -euɡma
  • Syllabification: zeug‧ma

Noun

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zeugma m (plural zeugmas)

  1. (rhetoric) zeugma

Derived terms

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Further reading

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