Zeugma

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A figure by which an adjective or verb, which agrees with a nearer word, is, by way of supplement, referred also to another more remote; as, "hic illius arma, hic currus fuit;" where fuit, which agrees directly with currus, is referred also to arma.

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Zeugma
ZEUGMA 1. （Σεῦγμα,Ptol. 5.15.14), a town founded by Seleucus Nicator,...

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
zeugma
zeugma, ătis, n., = ζεῦγμα, a grammatical figure , according to which two nouns or two infinitives ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Zeugma
Zeugma, ătis, n., = Ζεῦγμα, a town in Syria , on the Euphrates , now Rumkaleh , Plin. 5, 12, 13,...

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