praegnans constructio
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin cōnstructiō (“a grammatical construction”) and Latin praegnāns (“pregnant”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpʰɹeɪɡ.nænz‿kɒnˈstɹʊk.tiː.oʊ/
Noun[edit]
praegnans constructio (uncountable)
- (brachylogy) A construction commonly found in Greek and Hebrew in which either a verb of motion is paired with a locative prepositional phrase or a static verb is paired with an allative preposition phrase.
- "I attacked the dog into the fire" employs a rough form of praegnans constructio.
Hypernyms[edit]
- (rhetoric): brachylogy
See also[edit]
- brachylogy
- praegnans constructio on Wikipedia.Wikipedia