dialyton

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek διαλυτόν (dialutón), διάλυτον (diáluton).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /diˈa.ly.ton/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /diˈa.li.ton/,

Noun

dialyton n (genitive dialytī); second declension

(rhetoric) asyndeton (rhetorical figure by which the connecting particle is omitted)

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	dialyton	dialyta
genitive	dialytī	dialytōrum
dative	dialytō	dialytīs
accusative	dialyton	dialyta
ablative	dialytō	dialytīs
vocative	dialyton	dialyta

Synonyms

(rhetoric: asyndeton): asyndeton, dialysis, dissolūtiō

References

“dĭălyton”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
dĭălytŏn in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 518/2.

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