synzeugma

noun

synzeugma

noun

Etymology Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek συν- (sun-) + ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “yoke, bond”).

1

Rhetoric A type of zeugma in which a verb joins and governs two phrases by coming between them; a synonym of mesozeugma.

  • Ad Herennium 4.27.38: "Either with disease beauty fades or with time."
Related terms
diazeugma, epizeugma, hyperzeugma, hypozeugma, mesozeugma, protozeugma, prozeugma, zeugma

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