hyperbăton, i, n., = ὑπέρβατον, a rhet. fig.,
transposition of words (pure Lat. transgressio), Quint. 9, 3, 91; cf. id. 8, 6, 62 sq.; 9, 1, 6 al.
·noun A figurative construction, changing or inverting the natural order of words or clauses; as, "e...
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