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
- M
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..." - M
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..."