hyperbato
Dictionary entries
- Entry →hyperbaton, hyperbati:
Neuter · Noun
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Cassell's Latin Dictionary
- Field:
- Literature
transposition of words;
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...habet antonomasiae partem, coniunctione eius fit tropos. In hyperbato commutatio est ordinis, ideoque multi tropis hoc genus eximunt..."Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...prosequi non possit intentio, +nec transiectio intra modum hyperbato+ finis eius differatur. Quibus adhuc peior est mixtura verborum..."