hypallăgē, ēs, f., = ὑπαλλαγή,
a rhetorical figure , by which the relations of things seem to be mutually interchanged (as: dare classibus austros instead of classes austris), Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 61.
·noun A figure consisting of a transference of attributes from their proper subjects to other. Thus ...
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