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