syntagma
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syntagma
- /sɪnˈtæɡmə/ UK
Rhymes with -æɡmə
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From Late Latin syntagma, from Ancient Greek σύνταγμα (súntagma, “orderly arrangement”), from συντάσσω (suntássō, “arrange together”, “to order”).
noun syntagmata · syntagmas
- A constituent segment within a text, such as a word or a phrase that forms a syntactic unit. The syntagma “the God of peace” (in Greek ὁ Θεὸς τῆς εἰρήνης) occurs in all undisputed Pauline letters.
- An arrangement of units that together bears a meaning. To combine a sequence of shots into a larger syntagma, there has to be a connection between the successive shots.
- A Macedonian phalanx fighting formation consisting of 256 men with long spears (sarissae). The men forming the syntagma were arranged in a square of sixteen files of sixteen.
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An organized structural, functional unit of anatomical or chemical subunits.
Similar: tagma
- A treatise or compendium. Though he informs us in the preface that his object was to trace the outlines of the great "latifundium regni philosophici" in a single syntagma, yet he really does no more than arrange a number of separate treatises or manuals, and even dictionaries, within the limits of a couple of folios.
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noun syntactic arrangement
| Español | sintagma |
|---|---|
| Português | sintagma |
| Français | syntagme |
| Deutsch | Syntagma |
| Română | sintagmă |
| Русский | синта́гма sintágma |
noun semiotic arrangement
| Español | sintagma |
|---|---|
| Português | sintagma |
| Français | syntagme |
| Deutsch | Syntagma |
| Română | sintagmă |
| Русский | синта́гма sintágma |
noun Macedonian phalanx
| Español | falange Macedónica |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | σύνταγμα sýntagma |
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