different between polysyndeton vs acervatio

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

English

Etymology

From Latin acerv?ti? (“heaping up”), from acerv? (“heap up”) + -?ti?. Doublet of acervation.

Noun

acervatio (uncountable)

1. (rhetoric) Departing from the normal syntax of a series to increase its effect.

Hyponyms

• asyndeton
• polysyndeton

Anagrams

• covariate

Latin

Etymology

From acerv? (“heap up”) +? -ti?

Noun

acerv?ti? f (genitive acerv?ti?nis); third declension

1. The act of heaping or piling up, accumulation.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

• acerv?tus
• acerv?

Descendants

• English: acervatio
• Portuguese: acervação

References

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