anapodoton

From Ancient Greek ἀναπόδοτον (anapódoton), alternative spelling of ἀνανταπόδοτον (anantapódoton), neuter of ἀνανταπόδοτος (anantapódotos), from ἀν- (an-, “not”) + ἀνταποδίδωμι (antapodídōmi, “I give back, correspond with”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌænəˈpɒdətən/

anapodoton (countable and uncountable, plural anapodota)

1. (rhetoric) The rhetorical device in which a main clause is implied by a subordinate clause, without mention.

• anacoluthon
• ellipsis

• anantapodoton

• aposiopesis
• Appendix:English examples of anapodoton
• Appendix:Glossary of rhetorical terms

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