hyperbaton
/hahy-pur-buh-ton/US // haɪˈpɜr bəˌtɒn //UK // (haɪˈpɜːbəˌtɒn) //
超音波,超音速,超强的战斗力,超音速汽车
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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plural hy·per·ba·tons, hy·per·ba·ta [hahy-pur-buh-tuh]. /haɪˈpɜr bə tə/. Rhetoric.
- : the use, especially for emphasis, of a word order other than the expected or usual one, as in “Bird thou never wert.”
Examples
Hyperbaton Transgressio, when the ryghte 31 order of wordes is troubled, & hath these kyndes.
Now the figure hyperbaton is the means which is employed by the best writers to imitate these signs of natural emotion.
It seems to be a mere normalization of the hyperbaton; the elimination of the elision (mittere ad) may have been a factor as well.
Note the separation of the epithets from the nouns, and the high level of diction produced by the hyperbaton.
In none of these passages is ut separated from si: the hyperbaton elevates the phrase and makes more natural its use in verse.
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