| Figure Name | alleotheta |
| Source | Silva Rhetoricae (http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/Silva.htm); Peacham (1577) H3r; JG Smith (1665) |
| Earliest Source | None |
| Synonyms | allotheta, alloeosis, alloiosis, enallage |
| Etymology | from Gk. allothen “from another place” and theteuo “to work for” |
| Type | Scheme |
| Linguistic Domain |
Morphological Lexicographic |
| Definition |
Substitution of one case, gender, mood, number, tense, or person for another. |
| Example |
Each of the students should bring their notebook. (Through alleotheta, the word "their" has been substituted for the more traditional but non-inclusive possessive pronoun, "his.") |
| Kind Of | Omission |
| Part Of | |
| Related Figures | Figures of Substitution, enallage, antiptosis |
| Notes | I'm not sure what I think of this example--esp considering it's such a modern example of an ancient greek term. The Type Of strikes me as Substitution--didn't that used to be an option? |
| Confidence | Unconfident |
| Last Editor | Nike Abbott |
| Confidence | Unconfident |
| Editorial Notes | |
| Reviewed | No |