zeugma

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

zeugma, ătis, n., = ζεῦγμα,

a grammatical figure , according to which two nouns or two infinitives are united to a verb which is applicable to only one of them , Ascon. ad Cic. Verr. 1, 18.

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