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Webster 1913 Edition
Hypallage
Hy-pal′la-ge
,Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK], prop., interchange, exchange, fr, [GREEK] to interchange; [GREEK] under + [GREEK] to change.]
(Gram.)
A figure consisting of a transference of attributes from their proper subjects to others. Thus Virgil says, “dare classibus austros,” to give the winds to the fleets, instead of dare classibus austris, to give the fleets to the winds.
The
hypallage
, of which Virgil is fonder than any other writer, is much the gravest fault in language. Landor.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hypallage
HYPAL'LAGE
,Noun.
In grammar, a figure consisting of mutual change of cases. Thus in Virgil, dare classibus austros, for dare classes austris.
Hypallage is a species of hyperbaton.