hyperbaton
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hyperbaton
- /haɪˈpɜːbətɒn/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin hyperbaton, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπερβατόν (huperbatón, “overstepping”), from ὑπερβαίνω (huperbaínō), from ὑπέρ (hupér) + βαίνω (baínō, “walk”).
noun hyperbatons · hyperbata
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An inversion of the usual or logical order of words or phrases, for emphasis or poetic effect.
In real life we often see a man under the influence of rage, or fear, […] begin a sentence, and then swerve aside into some inconsequent parenthesis, and then again double back to his original statement […]Now the figure hyperbaton is the means which is employed by the best writers to imitate these
Similar: anastrophe, inversion
- Adding a word or thought to a sentence that is already semantically complete, thus drawing emphasis to the addition.
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noun grammar
| Español | hipérbaton, hipérbato |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 転置法 |
| Português | hipérbato |
| Français | hyperbate |
| Deutsch | Hyperbaton |
| Italiano | iperbato |
| Ελληνικά | υπερβατό ypervató |
| Русский | гипербатон giperbaton |
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