ὑπερβατόν

ὑπερβᾰτ-όν, τό,

• the figure hyperbaton, i.e. a transposition of words or clauses, Phld. Rh. 1.160 S. (pl.), Ph. 1.580, Quint. Inst. 8.6.65, A.D. Synt. 311.26, Longin. 22.1 (pl.), Hermog. Inv. 4.3, etc.; of letters, A.D. Adv. 167.6.