asyndeton
τράγος γένειον ἆρα πενθήσεις σύ γε → you, goat, will mourn your vanished beard | you will mourn your beard like the goat in the proverb
Latin > English
asyndeton asyndeti N N :: rhetorical omission of connecting particle; (pure Latin dissolutio)
Wikipedia EN
Asyndeton (UK: /æˈsɪndɪtən, ə-/, US: /əˈsɪndətɒn, ˌeɪ-/; from the Greek: ἀσύνδετον, "unconnected", sometimes called asyndetism) is a literary scheme in which one or several conjunctions are deliberately omitted from a series of related clauses. Examples include veni, vidi, vici and its English translation "I came, I saw, I conquered". Its use can have the effect of speeding up the rhythm of a passage and making a single idea more memorable. Asyndeton may be contrasted with syndeton (syndetic coordination) and polysyndeton, which describe the use of one or multiple coordinating conjunctions, respectively.
More generally, in grammar, an asyndetic coordination is a type of coordination in which no coordinating conjunction is present between the conjuncts.
Quickly, resolutely, he strode into the bank.
No coordinator is present here, but the conjoins are still coordinated.
Translations
ar: فصل; br: amsindeton; ca: asíndeton; cs: asyndeton; de: Asyndeton; en: asyndeton; es: asíndeton; eu: asindeton; fr: asyndète; gl: asíndeto; hr: asindeton; id: asindeton; it: asindeto; ja: 接続詞省略; nl: asyndeton; no: asyndeton; oc: asindèt; pl: asyndeton; pt: assíndeto; ru: бессоюзие; sh: asindeton; sk: asyndeton; sq: asidenti; sr: асиндетон; sv: asyndeton; uk: асиндетон
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.
