hypozeuxis

[ hahy-puh-zook-sis ]

noun

, Rhetoric.

1. the use of a series of parallel clauses, each of which has a subject and predicate, as in “I came, I saw, I conquered.”

Word History and Origins

Origin of hypozeuxis¹

First recorded in 1580–90; from Late Latin, from Late Greek, equivalent to Greek hypozeug(nýnai) “to put under the yoke” ( hypo- hypo- + zeugnýnai “to yoke,” derivative of zeûgos yoke ¹ ) + -sis -sis

Example Sentences

But if this supplie be made to sundrie clauses, or to one clause sundrie times iterated, and by seuerall words, so as euery clause hath his owne supplie: then is it called by the Greekes Hypozeuxis, we call him the substitute after his originall, and is a supplie with iteration, as thus: Vnto the king she went, and to the king she said, Mine owne liege Lord behold thy poore handmaid.

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