syllepsis

syllepsis, is, f., = σύλληψις,

• a grammatical figure, by which one word is referred to another in the sentence to which it does not grammatically belong, a syllepsis (e. g. hic arma, Hic currus fuit, Verg. A. 1, 16; Ter. And. 3), Charis. p. 250 P.; Diom. p. 440 ib.

syllēpsis (synlēpsis), is, Akk. in, Abl. ī, f. (σύλληψις), eine gramm. Figur, nach der ein Wort auf ein anderes im Satze bezogen wird, zu dem es grammatisch nicht gehört (wie Verg. Aen. 1, 16. Ter. Andr. prol. 3), Charis. 281, 4. Diom. 444, 31. Donat. ad Ter. Andr. prol. 3. Serv. Verg. Aen. 2, 231.

syllepsis [LL < σύλληψις], syllepsis, figure in which a word is made to relate to another word in the same clause with which it should properly agree but does not (as esp. when a singular verb is used with a plural subject or vice versa) or to which it does not properly apply. syllempsis est cum casus discrepantes in unam significantiam congregamus, ut ‘attendite, populus meus’ Bede ST 145; fit etiam ~is in sensu id est ubi pro multis unus, vel pro uno multi Ib. 145; sicut ‥ per silempsim plurale pro singulari, sic et simili tropo singulare pro plurali plerumque reperies, ut ibi, ‘dixit et venit locuste’ Gir. Invect. I 5 p. 102; de silempsi sunt multe dubitaciones. est autem concepcio diversarum clausularum ad unum conglutinata conjunctio Bacon XV 64; syn prepositio quod est con et omnia ‥ derivata ab eo, ut ‥ sullepsis quedam figura grammatica, non sylemsis Id. Gram. Gk. 65; ~is ‥ est cum dissimilibus clausulis commune aliquid, quod in una ponitur, mutatum aliquatenus in alia desyderatur. fit haec ‥ per partes et per accidentia partium Linacre Emend. Lat. f. xlv v.

syllēpsis, is, f. (σύλληψις), syllepse [fig. de mots] : Don. Andr. prol. 3 ; Char. 281, 4 ; Diom. 444, 31.