Zeugma

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See also: zeugma, zeugmą, and Zeugmą

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Noun

Zeugma n (strong, genitive Zeugmas, plural Zeugmata)

  1. (rhetoric) zeugma

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ζεῦγμα (Zeûgma).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Zeugma n sg (genitive Zeugmatis); third declension

  1. A town of Syria on the Euphrates and opposite to Apamea

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem), with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Zeugma
Genitive Zeugmatis
Dative Zeugmatī
Accusative Zeugma
Ablative Zeugmate
Vocative Zeugma
Locative Zeugmatī
Zeugmate

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
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