different between asyndeton vs parataxis

English

Etymology

From Latin asyndeton, from Ancient Greek ????????? (asúndeton, “unconnected”).

Noun

asyndeton (countable and uncountable, plural asyndetons or asyndeta)

1. (rhetoric) A stylistic scheme in which conjunctions are deliberately omitted from a series of words, phrases, clauses.

Hypernyms

• brachylogy

Related terms

• syndeton
• polysyndeton
• asyndetic
• syndetic

Translations

See also

• articulus

Further reading

• asyndeton on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• nonsteady

Czech

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (asúndeton, “unconnected”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?as?nd?ton]

Noun

asyndeton m

1. asyndeton

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (asúndeton).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a?syn.de.ton/, [ä?s??n?d??t??n]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a?sin.de.ton/, [??s?in?d??t??n]

Noun

asyndeton n (genitive asyndet?); second declension

1. (rhetoric) asyndeton

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

Synonyms

• (Pure Latin) dissol?ti?

Descendants

Adjective

asyndeton

1. inflection of asyndetos:
   1. accusative masculine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular

References

• asyndeton in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• asyndeton in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

para- +? taxisFrom Ancient Greek ????????? (parátaxis, “placement side by side”), from ????- (para-) + ????? (táxis, “arrangement”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pa???taks?s/

Noun

parataxis (usually uncountable, plural parataxes)

1. (grammar) Speech or writing in which clauses or phrases are placed together without being separated by conjunctions, for example "I came; I saw; I conquered".
2. (literature) The juxtaposition of two images or fragments, usually starkly dissimilar, without a clear connection.
3. (historical, politics) A coalition or "partisan camp" in the Ancient Greek political system.

Antonyms

• (grammar): hypotaxis

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• asyndeton
• hypotaxis
• syntaxis