| antiptosis | |
| an-tip-to'-sis | from
Gk. anti, "in exchange" and ptosis, "falling, case" |
| casus pro casu ("case for case") | |
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A type of enallage in which one grammatical case is substituted for another. | |
Note: In English, this is apparent only with pronouns, unlike in inflected languages (Greek, Latin, German, etc.) |
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| Examples | ||
| Me Jane, Tarzan.
"Me" is used (the objective case pronoun) instead of the proper subjective case pronoun, "I". This example also includes ellipsis of the verb "am" |
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| Sources: | Primary sources Sherry (1550) 31 ("antiptosis," "casus pro casu"); Peacham (1577) H3r | |
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