| Figure Name | cataploce |
| Source | Bullinger (1898) ("cataploce; or, sudden exclamation") |
| Earliest Source | None |
| Synonyms | sudden exclamation |
| Etymology | Cat'-a-plok'-ee from Gr. kata "down" and plokee "a twining" or "plaiting" |
| Type | None |
| Linguistic Domain | |
| Definition |
1. Parenthetic Addition by way of Exclamation... The figure is so called because the short sentence so interposed is intertwined with another. This name is given to a parenthesis when it takes the form of a sudden exclamation. (Bullinger, 488) |
| Example |
1. Ezek. 16:23, 24. -"And it came to pass after all thy wickedness (we, we unto thee! saith Adonai-Jehovah) That thou hast also built unto thee," etc. |
| Kind Of | Addition |
| Part Of | |
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| Notes | |
| Confidence | Unconfident |
| Last Editor | Ioanna Malton |
| Confidence | Unconfident |
| Editorial Notes | |
| Reviewed | No |