synzeugma synzeugma
 sin-zoog'-ma conjunctio

That kind of zeugma in which a verb joins (and governs) two phrases by coming between them. A synonym for mesozeugma.
 
Examples
  Either with disease beauty fades or with time.
The phrases "with disease" and "with time" are both governed and joined by "beauty fades"
Related Figures
 
 
  Sources: Ad Herennium 4.27.38 ("conjunctio")


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Gideon O. Burton, Brigham Young University
Please cite "Silva Rhetoricae" (rhetoric.byu.edu)


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