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What (who) is syllepsis - definition
FIGURE OF SPEECH
Syllepsis; Zuegma; Ζεύγμα; Zeugmatic; Semantic zeugma
Syllepsis
·noun A figure of speech by which a word is used in a literal and metaphorical sense at the same time.
II. Syllepsis ·noun The agreement of a verb or adjective with one, rather than another, of two nouns, with either of which it might agree in gender, number, ·etc.; as, rex et regina beati.
syllepsis
[s?'l?ps?s]
¦ noun (plural syllepses -si:z) a figure of speech in which a word is applied to two others of which it grammatically suits only one (e.g. neither they nor it is working).
?another term for zeugma.
Derivatives
sylleptic adjective
Origin
ME: via late L. from Gk sullepsis 'taking together'.
Zeugmatic
·adj Of or pertaining to zeugma; characterized by zeugma.
Wikipedia
Zeugma and syllepsis
In rhetoric, zeugma ( (listen); from the Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα, zeûgma, lit. "a yoking together") and syllepsis (; from the Ancient Greek σύλληψις, sullēpsis, lit. "a taking together") are figures of speech in which a single phrase or word joins different parts of a sentence.
