apokoinou
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek genitive form of ἀπόκοινός (apókoinós), from ἀπό (apó) + κοινός (koinós, “in common”)
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It was he told me about it. |
Noun
apokoinou
- (rhetoric) A blending of two sentences through a common word which has two syntactic functions, one for each of the sentence. The word common to both sentences is often a predicate object in the first and a subject in the second.
Hypernyms
- brachylogy
Dutch
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀπό (apó) + κοινός (koinós, “in common”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌaː.poː.kɔi̯.nu/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: apo‧koi‧nou
Noun
apokoinou f (plural apokoinous)
- A rhetorical device similar to a zeugma or elliptical construction. An apokoinou is the blending of two sentences through a common word which has two syntactic functions, one for each of the sentence. The word common to both sentences is often a predicate object in the first and a subject in the second.
- It was he told me about it.
- There was a door led to the kitchen.