Definitions For Parataxis

Noun

PARATAXIS (plural - or parataxes) (grammar) Speech or writing in which clauses or phrases are placed together without being separated by conjunctions, for example "I came; I saw; I conquered". (literature) The juxtaposition of two images or fragments, usually starkly dissimilar, without a clear connection. (historical, politics) A coalition or "partisan camp" in the Ancient Greek political system.

Antonyms

grammar hypotaxis

Derived terms

{{der-top}} para-hypotaxis paratactic {{der-mid}} paratactical paratactically {{der-bottom}}

Translations

Catalan: parataxi, f Chinese: : Mandarin: 意合式 (yìhéshì, sc=Hani), 並列結構, sc=Hani}}, {{t, cmn, 并列结构 (bìngliè jiégòu, sc=Hani) Danish: paratakse, c, sideordning, c Finnish: parataksis French: parataxe, f German: Nebenordnung, Parataxis, Parataxe Greek: παράταξις, f Italian: paratassi, f Latin: parataxis, f Norwegian: paratakse, m, sideordning, m, f Portuguese: parataxe, f Russian: парата́ксис Spanish: parataxis, f Swedish: paratax, c Finnish: parataksis

Etymology

{{PIE root, en, teh₂g}} para + taxis From (Ancient Greek)  παράταξις, , placement side by side, from παρα- + τάξις, , arrangement.

See also

asyndeton hypotaxis syntaxis