Hypozeuxis (noun)
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.”.
Origin: 1580-90; < Late Latin < Late Greek, equivalent to Greek hypozeug(nýnai) to put under the yoke (hypo- hypo- + zeugnýnai to yoke, derivative of zeûgos yoke1) + -sis -sis
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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.”.
Origin: 1580-90; < Late Latin < Late Greek, equivalent to Greek hypozeug(nýnai) to put under the yoke (hypo- hypo- + zeugnýnai to yoke, derivative of zeûgos yoke1) + -sis -sis
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.
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