asyndeton

asyndeton

See also: Asyndeton

English

Etymology

From Latin asyndeton, from Ancient Greek ἀσύνδετον (asúndeton, “unconnected”).

Noun

Examples (rhetoric)
that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth –Abraham Lincoln

asyndeton (countable and uncountable, plural asyndetons or asyndeta)

1. (rhetoric) A stylistic scheme in which conjunctions such as "or" and "and" are deliberately omitted from a series of words, phrases, or clauses.
   • [1835, L[arret] Langley, A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster: Printed by C. White, Baxter-Gate, OCLC 1062248511, page 50:

     Asyndeton the copulative denies;
     And sometimes haste and rage sometimes implies.]

Hypernyms

• brachylogy

Related terms

• syndeton
• polysyndeton
• asyndetic
• syndetic

Translations

rhetoric scheme

Catalan: asíndeton m Czech: asyndeton m Finnish: asyndeton French: asyndète (fr) m German: Asyndeton n Greek: Ancient: ἀσύνδετον n (asúndeton) Italian: asindeto (it) m Latin: asyndeton n, dissolūtiō f Polish: asyndeton (pl) m Portuguese: assíndeto (pt) m Spanish: asíndeton (es) m Tagalog: lakdaw

See also

• articulus

Further reading

• asyndeton on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• nonsteady

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Czech

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀσύνδετον (asúndeton, “unconnected”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈasɪndɛton]

Noun

asyndeton m

1. asyndeton

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀσύνδετον (asúndeton).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈsyn.de.ton/, [äˈs̠ʏn̪d̪ɛt̪ɔn]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈsin.de.ton/, [äˈs̬in̪d̪et̪on]

Noun

asyndeton n (genitive asyndetī); second declension

1. (rhetoric) asyndeton

Declension

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

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	asyndeton	asyndeta
Genitive	asyndetī	asyndetōrum
Dative	asyndetō	asyndetīs
Accusative	asyndeton	asyndeta
Ablative	asyndetō	asyndetīs
Vocative	asyndeton	asyndeta

Synonyms

• (Pure Latin) dissolūtiō

Descendants

• Catalan: asíndeton
• → English: asyndeton
• French: asyndète
• Galician: asíndeto
• Italian: asindeto
• Portuguese: assíndeto, assíndeton
• Spanish: asíndeton

Adjective

asyndeton

1. inflection of asyndetos:
   1. accusative masculine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular

References

• “asyndeton”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• asyndeton in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀσύνδετον (asúndeton).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.sɨnˈdɛ.tɔn/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɛtɔn
• Syllabification: a‧syn‧de‧ton

Noun

asyndeton m inan

1. (rhetoric, grammar) asyndeton

   Synonym: polisyndeton

Declension

Declension of asyndeton

	singular	plural
nominative	asyndeton	asyndetony
genitive	asyndetonu	asyndetonów
dative	asyndetonowi	asyndetonom
accusative	asyndeton	asyndetony
instrumental	asyndetonem	asyndetonami
locative	asyndetonie	asyndetonach
vocative	asyndetonie	asyndetony

Derived terms

adjective

• asyndetyczny

 

adverb

• asyndetycznie

 

Further reading

• asyndeton in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• asyndeton in Polish dictionaries at PWN