hypozeuxis

hypozeuxis
/huy'peuh zoohk"sis/, n. Rhet.
the use of a series of parallel clauses, each of which has a subject and predicate, as in "I came, I saw, I conquered."
[1580-90; < LL < LGk, equiv. to Gk hypozeug(nýnai) to put under the yoke (hypo- HYPO- + zeugnýnai to yoke, deriv. of zeûgos YOKE) + -sis -SIS]

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