German

Noun

Zeugma n ‎(genitive Zeugmas, plural Zeugmata)

1. (rhetoric) zeugma

English

Noun

zeugma ‎(plural zeugmata or zeugmas)

1. (rhetoric) The act of using a word, particularly an adjective or verb, to apply to more than one noun when its sense is appropriate to only one.
2. (rhetoric) Syllepsis.
   • 1963 July, Fred Sommers, Types and Ontology, in The Philosophical Review, Volume LXXII, Bobbs-Merrill Reprint Series in Philosophy, page 343,

     The existence of zeugmas suggests the rule of transitivity. Zeugmas appear incorrect because they embody an allegedly univocal use of a term in a way which violated^[sic] the rule of transitivity.

   • 2008, Amanda Holton, The Sources of Chaucer's Poetics, page 104,

     Thus I would describe 'He took his leave and the wrong umbrella' as zeugma, but not 'He took his hat and umbrella'.

     Zeugma is an important element in Chaucer's poetic technique, not because he uses it, but because he so regularly turns it down.

Related terms

• diazeugma
• hypozeugma
• mesozeugma
• prozeugma
• protozeugma

Usage notes

Some writers distinguish between zeugma and syllepsis, while others do not.

Coordinate terms

• syllepsis

Hypernyms

• brachylogy

Translations

See also

• zeugma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• Silva Rhetoricae

Catalan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα ‎(zeûgma, “bond; yoking”).

Noun

zeugma m ‎(plural zeugmes)

1. zeugma

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzœy̯ɣ.maː/

Noun

zeugma n ‎(plural zeugma's, diminutive zeugmaatje n)

1. zeugma

French

Noun

zeugma m ‎(plural zeugmas)

1. zeugma

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin zeugma, from Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα ‎(zeûgma, “bond; yoking”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡zɛu̯g.ma/, [ˈd̪͡z̪ɛu̯gmä]
• Hyphenation: zèug‧ma

Noun

zeugma m ‎(plural zeugmi)

1. (rhetoric) zeugma

Latin

Etymology

Late Latin, from Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα ‎(zeûgma, “bond; yoking”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈzeu̯ɡ.ma/

Noun

zeugma n ‎(genitive zeugmatis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) zeugma

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

References

• zeugma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “zeugma”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• zeugma in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
• zeugma in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• zeugma in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• zeugma in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin zeugma, from Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα ‎(zeûgma, “bond, yoking”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈzewɡ(i).mɐ/

Noun

zeugma m (plural zeugmas)

1. (rhetoric) zeugma

Derived terms

• zeugmático

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zeǔɡma/
• Hyphenation: ze‧ug‧ma

Noun

zeùgma f ‎(Cyrillic spelling зеу̀гма)

1. zeugma

Spanish

Alternative forms

• ceugma (rare)

Etymology

From Latin zeugma, from Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα ‎(zeûgma, “bond, yoking”).

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /ˈθeuɣ.ma/
• (Others) IPA^(key): /ˈseuɣ.ma/

Noun

zeugma m ‎(plural zeugmas)

1. (rhetoric) zeugma

Derived terms

• zeugmático