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Definition of Zeugma

Zeugma
Zeugma eug"ma, n. [L., from Gr. ?, fr. ? to yoke, join. See Yoke.] (Gram.) A figure by which an adjective or verb, which agrees with a nearer word, is, by way of supplement, referred also to another more remote; as, ``hic illius arma, hic currus fuit;' where fuit, which agrees directly with currus, is referred also to arma.

Meaning of Zeugma from wikipedia

- Look up zeugma in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Zeugma may refer to: Zeugma and syllepsis, figures of speech Zeugma (Commagene), an ancient settlement...
- In rhetoric, zeugma (/ˈzjuːɡmə/ ; from the Ancient Gr**** ζεῦγμα, zeûgma, lit. "a yoking together") and syllepsis (/sɪˈlɛpsɪs/; from the Ancient Gr**** σύλληψις...
- Zeugma The lake Zeugma Excavations Zeugma Excavations and dam Zeugma The dam nearby Zeugma Excavations Zeugma Excavations Zeugma Excavations Zeugma Excavations...
- Project. "Eserleri: Zeugma ve Diğer Buluntular. Aphrodithe'in Doğuşu" [Works: Zeugma and Other Finds: Birth of Aphrodite]. zeugma.org.tr (in Turkish)...
- Zeugma Mosaic Museum, in the city of Gaziantep, Turkey, is the biggest mosaic museum in the world, containing 1700 m2 of mosaics. It opened to the public...
- Seleucia at the Zeugma (Gr****: Σελεύκεια ἐπὶ τοῦ Ζεύγματος, transliterated Seleukeia epi tou Zeugmatos) was a ****enistic fortified town in the present...
- and sacks the Anatolian city of Zeugma on the Euphrates. A devastating fire and an earthquake soon follow, causing Zeugma to be abandoned. Cities in the...
- Tellabs, Inc. is a global network technology company that provides networking and communications solutions to both private and governmental agencies. The...
- And I could laugh, I am light and heavy. — Shakespeare, Coriol**** 2.1 Zeugma involves the linking of two or more words or phrases that occupy the same...
- 2000, Packard donated USD 5 million to fund an emergency excavation of the Zeugma archeological site, after reading about it in The New York Times, allowing...