asyndeton

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English

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Etymology

From Latin asyndeton, from Ancient Greek ἀσύνδετον (asúndeton), from ἀ- (a-, a-, un-, non-) and the neuter substantive of σῠ́νδετος (súndetos, bound, joined), from συνδεῖν (sundeîn, to join, to bind), from σῠν- (sun-, together) + δεῖν (deîn, to bind, to tie). Equivalent to a- +‎ syndeton.

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. (grammar, rhetoric) Omission of conjunctions, especially for rhetorical effect.
    • 1589, George Puttenham, The Arte of English Poesie, page 145:
      Asyndeton, or the Loose language... as thus. I saw it, I said it, I will sweare it.
    • 1740, Benjamin Martin, Bibliotheca Technologica, 2nd edition, page 145:
      Asyndeton the Cop'latives denies. Faith, Justice, Truth, Religion, Mercy dies.
    • Langley, A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, , Doncaster: Printed by C. White, Baxter-Gate, →OCLC, page 50:
      Asyndeton the copulative denies;
      And sometimes haste and rage sometimes implies.
      ]

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Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀσύνδετον (asúndeton, unconnected).

Pronunciation

Noun

asyndeton n

  1. asyndeton

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀσύνδετον (asúndeton).

Pronunciation

Noun

asyndeton n (genitive asyndetī); second declension

  1. (rhetoric) asyndeton

Declension

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

singular plural
nominative asyndeton asyndeta
genitive asyndetī asyndetōrum
dative asyndetō asyndetīs
accusative asyndeton asyndeta
ablative asyndetō asyndetīs
vocative asyndeton asyndeta

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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

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀσύνδετον (asúndeton).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

asyndeton m inan

  1. (rhetoric, grammar) asyndeton
    Synonym: polisyndeton

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