praegnans constructio
English
Alternative forms
- constructio praegnans, constructio praegans, praegans constructio
Etymology
From Latin cōnstructiō (“a grammatical construction”) and Latin praegnāns (“pregnant”).
Pronounciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpʰɹeɪɡ.nænz‿kɒnˈstɹʊk.tiː.oʊ/
Noun
praegnans constructio (uncountable)
- (brachylogy) A construction commonly found in Greek and Hebrew in which either a verb of motion is pared with a locative prepositional phrase or a static verb is pared with an allative preposition phrase.
- "I attacked the dog into the fire" employs a rough form of praegnans constructio.
Hypernym
- (rhetoric): brachylogy
See also
- brachylogy
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