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What (who) is zeugma - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
The Ancient City of Zeugma; Zegma; Zuegma (disambiguation); Zeugma (city); Zeugma (disambiguation)
Zeugma
·noun 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.
zeugma
['zju:gm?]
¦ noun a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses (e.g. John and his driving licence expired last week).
Derivatives
zeugmatic adjective
Origin
ME: via L. from Gk, from zeugnunai 'to yoke'.
Zeugmatic
FIGURE OF SPEECH
Syllepsis; Zuegma; Ζεύγμα; Zeugmatic; Semantic zeugma
·adj Of or pertaining to zeugma; characterized by zeugma.
Wikipedia
Zeugma
Zeugma may refer to:
- Zeugma and syllepsis, figures of speech
- Zeugma (Commagene), an ancient settlement in Commagene (eastern Anatolia)
- Zeugma (Dacia), an ancient settlement in Dacia, mentioned by Ptolemy
- Zeugma (literary journal), a periodical
- Zeugma Systems, a telecommunications equipment supplier
- Zeugma (genus), a moth in tribe Cosymbiini
Examples of use of zeugma
1. About the ancient city of Zeugma: Zeugma was founded in 300 B.C. by Alexander the Great under the name of Selevkaya Euphrates.
2. Zeugma has been dubbed the «second Pompeii» in international literature.
3. Importance of seals in Zeugma÷ The archaeologist said the impressions of seals indicate the volume of trade and communications in ancient Zeugma. «The ancient city of Zeugma was one of the stops on the Silk Road, which went from Antakya all the way to China.
4. We aim to produce souvenir replicas of the war god Mars and the Zeugma mosaics.
5. Zeugma in ancient Greek means the same as the Turkish Birecik –– «pontoon bridge.»