How To Use Syllepsis In A Sentence
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I think this is the most entertaining Volokh thread since syllepsis!
The Volokh Conspiracy » Clive Crook (at The Atlantic) on “ClimateGate”
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= For Ovid's use of syllepsis, see at vi 16 _spem nostram terras deseruitque simul_ (p 234).
The Last Poems of Ovid
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Man and Nature, but Man himself is a syllepsis, a compendium of Nature — the
Hints towards the formation of a more comprehensive theory of life.
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Danny also noted that the term "syllepsis" may be more apt for certain items usually labeled zeugma.
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GOATLEY3: Sorry but I'm not willing to spill one more drop Here we go again, another kinetic military action for humanitari lqw: Here we go again, another kinetic military action for humanitarian syllepsis 29 minutes ago 10:36 PM I wonder why they haven't bombed Assad's compound yet.
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Probably the most common type, however, is syllepsis, where a word is understood differently in relation to two or more other words which it modifies or governs.
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Apparently this type of "zeugma" (yes, there are many types) is called "syllepsis.
Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle
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This is a typical instance of Ovid's love of _syllepsis_, of giving a single verb two objects (or more), each of which uses a different meaning of the verb.
The Last Poems of Ovid
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Surely someone like Hofmeister will be able to skim enough to put away a tidy nest egg of several hundred million at least in Euros and Amstersdam (pardon the syllepsis).
Bush Slanders Freedom « Antiwar.com Blog
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Incidentally, you might recognise that rhetorical shimmy as a variation of syllepsis: a fairly easy word to avoid, it must be admitted, but as hair-raising for me to pronounce as
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A strong syllepsis in French, ‘Mauvais Genres’ was the title of an exhibit and debate where ‘gore’ and horror film and literature were explored.
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Progrezzive: This is how the checks and balances are suppose to syllepsis 14 minutes ago 7:12 PM
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You were allowed to go right inside and just wander about until you got bored or asthma (I think that is syllepsis but I could be wrong).
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But ignorance of the article doesn't seem syllepsis 1 minute ago 7:26 PM
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These know not the figure syllepsis, by which one name is put for many, and many for one; as Paul in the Epistle to the Hebrews says, "They were sawn asunder," [Heb 11: 37] when it is thought that one only,
Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew
