asyndeton
ὕδωρ δὲ πίνων οὐδὲν ἂν τέκοι σοφόν → by drinking water you would never create anything great
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ăsyndĕton: i, n., = ἀσύνδετον,
I a rhetorical figure by which the connecting particle is omitted (in pure Lat., dissolutio), e. g. Veni, vidi, vici; cf. Diom. p. 440 P.—Adj.: ăsyndĕtus, a, um, in astronomy, of stars, standing without any connection with, or reference to, a constellation: Mercurius, Sid. Ep. 8, 11.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ăsyndĕtŏn, ī, n. (ἀσύνδετον), suppression des particules de liaison [fig. de rhét.] : Diom. 445, 5 ; Char. 281, 10.
Latin > German (Georges)
asyndeton, ī, n. (ἀσύνδετον), die Weglassung der Verbindungswörter, das Asyndeton, als rhet. Figur (rein lat. dissolutio), z.B. veni, vidi, vici, Charis. 281, 10. Diom. 445, 5 u. 448, 5.
Latin > English
asyndeton asyndeti N N :: rhetorical omission of connecting particle; (pure Latin dissolutio)
