different between asyndeton vs polysyndeton

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

Borrowed from Medieval Latin polysyndeton, itself from Byzantine Greek ???????????? (polusúndeton, literally “many connected”).

Noun

polysyndeton (countable and uncountable, plural polysyndetons or polysyndeta)

1. (rhetoric) The use of many conjunctions to achieve an overwhelming effect in a sentence.

Antonyms

• asyndeton

Translations