syntagma
Meaning
- A constituent segment within a text, such as a word or a phrase that forms a syntactic unit.
- An arrangement of units that together bears a meaning.
- A Macedonian phalanx fighting formation consisting of 256 men with long spears (sarissae).
- An organized structural, functional unit of anatomical or chemical subunits: equivalent to "tagma", or a structure comprising several tagmata in various contexts.
Translations
Pronounced as (IPA)
/sɪnˈtæɡmə/
Etymology
From Late Latin syntagma, from Ancient Greek σύνταγμα (súntagma, “orderly arrangement”), from συντάσσω (suntássō, “arrange together”, “to order”).
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