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Webster 1913 Edition

Asyndeton

A-syn′de-ton

,
Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] unconnected;
ἀ
priv. + [GREEK] bound together, fr. [GREEK]; [GREEK] with + [GREEK] to bind.]
(Rhet.)
A figure which omits the connective;
as,
I came, I saw, I conquered
. It stands opposed to
polysyndeton
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Asyndeton

ASYN'DETON

,
Noun.
[Gr. priv. and to bind together.]
In grammar, a figure which omits the connective; as, veni, vidi, vici. It stands opposed to polysymdeton, which is a multiplication of connectives.

Definition 2025

Asyndeton

Asyndeton

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German

Noun

Asyndeton n ‎(genitive Asyndetons, plural Asyndeta)

  1. (rhetoric) asyndeton

asyndeton

asyndeton

See also: Asyndeton

English

Examples (rhetoric)

that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth
- Abraham Lincoln

Noun

asyndeton ‎(plural asyndetons or asyndeta)

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

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Czech

Etymology

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

Noun

asyndeton m

  1. asyndeton

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀσύνδετον ‎(asúndeton).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈsyn.de.ton/, [aˈsʏn.dɛ.tõ]

Noun

asyndeton n ‎(genitive asyndetī); second declension

  1. (rhetoric) asyndeton

Inflection

Second declension, Greek type.

Case Singular Plural
nominative asyndeton asyndeta
genitive asyndetī asyndetōrum
dative asyndetō asyndetīs
accusative asyndeton asyndeta
ablative asyndetō asyndetīs
vocative asyndeton asyndeta

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Etymology

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

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