asyndeton

See also: Asyndeton

English

Etymology

From Latin asyndeton, from Ancient Greek ἀσύνδετον (asúndeton, unconnected).

Noun

Examples (rhetoric)
that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth
–Abraham Lincoln

asyndeton (countable and uncountable, plural asyndetons or asyndeta)

  1. (rhetoric) A stylistic scheme in which conjunctions such as "or" and "and" are deliberately omitted from a series of words, phrases, or clauses.
    • [1835, L[arret] Langley, A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, [], Doncaster: Printed by C. White, Baxter-Gate, OCLC 1062248511, page 50:
      Asyndeton the copulative denies;
      And sometimes haste and rage sometimes implies.
      ]

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Czech

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀσύνδετον (asúndeton, unconnected).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈasɪndɛton]

Noun

asyndeton m

  1. asyndeton

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀσύνδετον (asúndeton).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈsyn.de.ton/, [äˈs̠ʏn̪d̪ɛt̪ɔn]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈsin.de.ton/, [äˈs̬in̪d̪et̪on]

Noun

asyndeton n (genitive asyndetī); second declension

  1. (rhetoric) asyndeton

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative asyndeton asyndeta
Genitive asyndetī asyndetōrum
Dative asyndetō asyndetīs
Accusative asyndeton asyndeta
Ablative asyndetō asyndetīs
Vocative asyndeton asyndeta

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Catalan: asíndeton
  • English: asyndeton
  • French: asyndète
  • Galician: asíndeto
  • Italian: asindeto
  • Portuguese: assíndeto, assíndeton
  • Spanish: asíndeton

Adjective

asyndeton

  1. inflection of asyndetos:
    1. accusative masculine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular

References

  • asyndeton”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • asyndeton in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀσύνδετον (asúndeton).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.sɨnˈdɛ.tɔn/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛtɔn
  • Syllabification: a‧syn‧de‧ton

Noun

asyndeton m inan

  1. (rhetoric, grammar) asyndeton
    Synonym: polisyndeton

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
adverb

Further reading

  • asyndeton in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • asyndeton in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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