Zeugma and syllepsis

This article is about the rhetorical concept. For other uses, see Zeugma (disambiguation).

In rhetoric, zeugma (/ˈzjuːɡmə/ ⓘ; from the Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα, zeûgma, lit. "a yoking together"[1]) and syllepsis (/sɪˈlɛpsɪs/; from the Ancient Greek σύλληψις, sullēpsis, lit. "a taking together"[2]) are figures of speech in which a single phrase or word joins different parts of a sentence.[3]

  1. ^ Liddell, H. G. & al. A Greek-English Lexicon. "ζεῦγμα". Perseus Project. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  2. ^ Random House Dictionary. "Syllepsis". 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  3. ^ Bernard Marie Dupriez (1991). A Dictionary of Literary Devices: Gradus, A-Z. University of Toronto Press. p. 440. ISBN 978-0-8020-6803-3. Retrieved 25 September 2013.