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German
Pronunciation
Noun
Zeugma n (strong, genitive Zeugmas, plural Zeugmata)
- (rhetoric) zeugma
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ζεῦγμα (Zeûgma).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Zeugma n sg (genitive Zeugmatis); third declension
- A town of Syria on the Euphrates and opposite to Apamea
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem), with locative, singular only.
References
- Zeugma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Zeugma”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly