Antiptosis
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /æntɪpˈtəʊsɪs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Antiptosis is a noun meaning (grammar, rhetoric) Substitution of one grammatical case for another.
Meaning
(grammar, rhetoric) Substitution of one grammatical case for another.
Example Sentences
As a vocative form, deus is a clear violation of established norms. The grammarians occasionally encountered apparent examples of such vocatives in the texts they taught, and they explained them either by invoking the figure of antiptosis, in which the “correct” case is replaced by another, or by appeal to the concept of euphonia.
Word Forms
- antiptoses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include parathesis, procatalepsis, apposition, preterition, hypostrophe, paremptosis.
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