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;290 SYNTAX.—FIGURES. § 150§ 150. FIGURES OF SYNTAX.A Figure is a manner of speaking different from the regulai and ordinaryconstruction, used for the sake of beauty or force.730.—The figures of Syntax, or, construction, maybe reduced to four:Ellipsis, Pleonasm, Enallage, and Hyperbdton. Of these, the first, andsecond, and third, respect the constituent parts of a sentence ;the fourthrespects only the arrangement of words.731.— 1. Ellipsis, is the omission of one or more wordsnecessary to complete the sense ; as.Aiunt, ferunt,

——§ 151 SYNTAX.—LATIN ARRANGEMENT. 2913d. A?itiptosis, or the using of one case for another ; as, cui nunc cog*nomen Iulo, fur lulus. (261 and 433). Virg. Uxor invicti Jovisesse ?iescis, for le esse uxorem. Hor. See 675.4th. Synesis, or Synthesis, is adapting the construction to the sense of aword, rather than to its gender or number ; as, Concursus pop u I iHi i rantium ;— P ar s in crucem acti ;— s eel us qui, &c. 278and 292.5th. Anacoluthon, or a departure in the end of a sentence, from theconstruction with which it commenced. Thus, Nam nos om nes,quibus est alicunde aliquis objectus Idbos lucro est. Herethe writer began as if he intended to say lucro Jiabemus, and endedas if he had said nobis omnibus. As it is, the nominative nos hasno verb, and est, which, in such sentences, requires the dative of aperson, is without it.734.— 4. Hyperbaton, is a transgression of the usual order ofwords or clauses. It includes,1st. Anastrophe, or an inversion of the order of two words; as Transiraper et remos, for per transtra, cfec. ; Collo dare brachia circum, forcircumddre,

;290 SYNTAX.—FIGURES. § 150§ 150. FIGURES OF SYNTAX.A Figure is a manner <strong>of</strong> speaking different from <strong>the</strong> regulai and ordinaryconstruction, used for <strong>the</strong> sake <strong>of</strong> beauty or force.730.—<strong>The</strong> figures <strong>of</strong> Syntax, or, construction, maybe reduced to four:Ellipsis, Pleonasm, Enallage, and Hyperbdton. Of <strong>the</strong>se, <strong>the</strong> first, andsecond, and third, respect <strong>the</strong> constituent parts <strong>of</strong> a sentence ;<strong>the</strong> fourthrespects only <strong>the</strong> arrangement <strong>of</strong> words.731.— 1. Ellipsis, is <strong>the</strong> omission <strong>of</strong> one or more wordsnecessary to complete <strong>the</strong> sense ; as.Aiunt, ferunt,

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