May 2, 2007

asyndeton (uh-SIN-di-ton, -tuhn) noun (Word a Day, 5/02/07, Wordsmith)


Omission of conjunctions, as in "I came, I saw, I conquered."

[From Late Latin, from Greek, from neuter of asyndetos (not linked),
from a- + syndetos (bound together), from syndein (to bind together),
from syn- + dein (to bind).]

Posted by Orrin Judd at May 2, 2007 6:33 AM
Comments

"I came, I saw, she conquered." (The original Latin seems to have been garbled.) -- Lazarus Long, Time Enough for Love by Robert Heinlein

Posted by: jd watson at May 2, 2007 11:06 AM
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