hyperbaton
See also: Hyperbaton
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin hyperbaton, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπερβατόν (huperbatón, “overstepping”), from ὑπερβαίνω (huperbaínō), from ὑπέρ (hupér) + βαίνω (baínō, “walk”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /haɪˈpɜːbətɒn/
Noun
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hyperbaton (plural hyperbatons or hyperbata)
- (grammar) An inversion of the usual or logical order of words or phrases, for emphasis or poetic effect.
- Synonym: anastrophe
- c. 100, Longinus, chapter XXII, in H. L. Havell, transl., On the Sublime, published 1890:
- In real life we often see a man under the influence of rage, or fear, […] begin a sentence, and then swerve aside into some inconsequent parenthesis, and then again double back to his original statement […] Now the figure hyperbaton is the means which is employed by the best writers to imitate these signs of natural emotion.
- (rhetoric) Adding a word or thought to a sentence that is already semantically complete, thus drawing emphasis to the addition.
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References
- e e cummings (1944) pity this busy monster, manunkind
- George Lucas, Lawrence Kasdan (1983) Star Wars: Episode VI—Return of the Jedi
Further reading
hyperbaton on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (compare English hyperbaton), ultimately from Ancient Greek ὑπερβατόν (huperbatón).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhyperbɑton/, [ˈhype̞rˌbɑ̝t̪o̞n]
- Rhymes: -ɑton
- Syllabification(key): hy‧per‧ba‧ton
Declension
| Inflection of hyperbaton (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | hyperbaton | hyperbatonit | ||
| genitive | hyperbatonin | hyperbatonien | ||
| partitive | hyperbatonia | hyperbatoneja | ||
| illative | hyperbatoniin | hyperbatoneihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | hyperbaton | hyperbatonit | ||
| accusative | nom. | hyperbaton | hyperbatonit | |
| gen. | hyperbatonin | |||
| genitive | hyperbatonin | hyperbatonien | ||
| partitive | hyperbatonia | hyperbatoneja | ||
| inessive | hyperbatonissa | hyperbatoneissa | ||
| elative | hyperbatonista | hyperbatoneista | ||
| illative | hyperbatoniin | hyperbatoneihin | ||
| adessive | hyperbatonilla | hyperbatoneilla | ||
| ablative | hyperbatonilta | hyperbatoneilta | ||
| allative | hyperbatonille | hyperbatoneille | ||
| essive | hyperbatonina | hyperbatoneina | ||
| translative | hyperbatoniksi | hyperbatoneiksi | ||
| abessive | hyperbatonitta | hyperbatoneitta | ||
| instructive | — | hyperbatonein | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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