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/æntɪpˈtəʊsɪs/ · noun
(grammar, rhetoric) Substitution of one grammatical case for another..
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.
Use antiptosis when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Antiptosis means (grammar, rhetoric) Substitution of one grammatical case for another..
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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.
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