| Figure Name | syntheton |
| Source | Silva Rhetoricae (http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/Silva.htm); Macbeth (1876) ("combination"); Bullinger (1898) ("syntheton; or, combination") |
| Earliest Source | None |
| Synonyms | combination |
| Etymology | Gr. sun "together" and tithenai "to place" |
| Type | Chroma |
| Linguistic Domain |
Syntactic |
| Definition |
1. When by convention two words are joined by a conjunction for emphasis. (Silva Rhetoricae) 2. Combination is another etymological figure for the first time discovered, when two or more words are joined into one, usually to produce a fantastic effect. (Macbeth) 3. A placing together of two Words by Usage... It is used of this Figure because two words are by common usage joined by a conjunction for the sake of emphasis, as when we say "time and tide," "end and aim," "rank and fortune." (Bullinger, 466) |
| Example |
1. Bread and wine. 2. It is Charles Lamb who tells us of a rollicking personage, whose manners were of the "How-do-ye-do-George-my-boy" sort of style. (Macbeth) 2. In New England they talk, with profound respect, of a "Go-to-meetin' coat." (Macbeth) 3. Gen. 18:27. -"Dust and ashes." |
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| Related Figures | hendiadys, figures of etymology |
| Notes | Entered by Ashwini. |
| Confidence | Unconfident |
| Last Editor | Ioanna Malton |
| Confidence | Unconfident |
| Editorial Notes | rm type of, not sure they apply |
| Reviewed | No |