Word
Hypallage
How many syllables?
4 Syllables
How it's divided?
hy-pal-la-ge
Definition
- n. - A figure consisting of a transference of attributes from
their proper subjects to other. Thus Virgil says, "dare classibus
austros," to give the winds to the fleets, instead of dare classibus
austris, to give the fleets to the winds.
- noun - Reversal of the syntactic relation of two words (as in `her beauty's face')
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