asyndeton
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Such as the play of words in amentium and amantium, verba and verbera; one or two cases of alliteration and asyndeton, e.g.—
From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.
The use of tmesis, asyndeton, anacoluthon, aposiopesis, hyperbaton, hyperbole, litotes, in Latin oratory and poetry.
From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Cruttwell, Charles Thomas
Therefore the figure asyndeton, whereby conjunctions are omitted, is highly commended by writers of rhetoric.
From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch
Professor J. N. Grant points out to me the asyndeton following quaere ... sintne.
From The Last Poems of Ovid by Akrigg, Mark Bear
According to the manuscripts the preceding line ends with VTAR; I have printed Heinsius' VSVS, since there would otherwise be an asyndeton between utar and aspiciam.
From The Last Poems of Ovid by Akrigg, Mark Bear
