| enallage | |
| e-nal'-la-ge | Gk. “change” |
| Also sp. allage | |
| figure of exchange |
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The substitution of grammatically different but semantically equivalent constructions. | |
Note: Erasmus delineated numerous specific methods of enallage as ways of varying expression by substituting equivalent expressions in order to build copia. |
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| Examples | ||
| "I consumed
the triple-decker pizza" (active verb) through enallage of mood is transformed to: "The triple-decker pizza was consumed by me" (passive verb). |
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| Sources: | Quintilian 8.6.28 (but unnamed); Peacham (1577) H3v-H4r; Putt. (1589) 182 ("enallage," "figure of exchange") | |
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