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hendiadys

[ hen-dahy-uh-dis ]

noun

, Rhetoric.
  1. a figure in which a complex idea is expressed by two words connected by a copulative conjunction: “to look with eyes and envy” instead of “with envious eyes.”


hendiadys

/ hɛnˈdaɪədɪs /

noun

  1. a rhetorical device by which two nouns joined by a conjunction, usually and, are used instead of a noun and a modifier, as in to run with fear and haste instead of to run with fearful haste
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hendiadys1

1580–90; < Medieval Latin; alteration of Greek phrase hèn dià dyoîn one through two, one by means of two
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hendiadys1

C16: from Medieval Latin, changed from Greek phrase hen dia duoin, literally: one through two
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Example Sentences

The MS. authority is decidedly in favour of this, the more difficult reading; and the hendiadys is not more violent than those in Georg. ii.

This line is a type of hendiadys, the first half of the line being redefined by the second.

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