hyperbaton

Meaning

1. An inversion of the usual or logical order of words or phrases, for emphasis or poetic effect.
2. (rhetoric) Adding a word or thought to a sentence that is already semantically complete, thus drawing emphasis to the addition.

Translations

hyperbate

hipèrbaton

hipérbaton

iperbato

Hyperbaton

Hyperbasis

iperbaton

iperbat

hipérbato

hyperbaton

hyperbaton

une hyperbate

Hipérbato

Pronounced as (IPA)

/haɪˈpɜːbətɒn/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hyperbaton, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπερβατόν (huperbatón, “overstepping”), from ὑπερβαίνω (huperbaínō), from ὑπέρ (hupér) + βαίνω (baínō, “walk”).