| prozeugma | |
| pro-zoog'-ma | protozeugma, antezeugmenon, proepizeuxis |
| injunctum, praeiunctio | |
| ringleader, ante-yoke | |
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A series of clauses in which the verb employed in the first is ellided (and thus implied) in the others. | |
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Her beauty pierced mine eye, her speech mine woeful heart, her presence all the powers of my discourse. —Puttenham Vicit pudorem libido, timorem audacia, rationem amentia —Cicero |
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| Sources: | Mosellanus ("prozeugma" "praeiunctio") a4r; Susenbrotus (1540) 26; Peacham (1577) K2v; Putt. (1589) 176 ("prozeugma," "the ringleader") | |
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