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Definition of Hendiadys
1. Noun. Use of two conjoined nouns instead of a noun and modifier.
Definition of Hendiadys
1. n. A figure in which the idea is expressed by two nouns connected by and, instead of by a noun and limiting adjective; as, we drink from cups and gold, for golden cups.
Definition of Hendiadys
1. Noun. (rhetoric) a figure of speech used for emphasis, where two words joined by ''and'' are used to express a single complex idea. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hendiadys
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hendiadys
Literary usage of Hendiadys
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Grammar of the Idiom of the New Testament by Georg Benedikt Winer, Gottlieb Lünemann, Edward Masson, Joseph Henry Thayer (1877)
"a construction which, even though of the same genus with hendiadys, is of a
different s¡>ecies. (Interpreters have wholly erred in wanting to find a ..."
2. A grammar of the Hebrew language by Samuel Lee (1832)
"This is generally termed hendiadys. Examples: DN1 TJ7 a city AND mother, ie a
mother city, or metropolis, 2 Sam. xx. ..."
3. Hebrew Grammar with a Copious Syntax and a Praxis by Moses Stuart (1821)
"Gen. ii. 1, The heavens and the earth, and all DN3£ thehost of them ; ie the host
of the heavens, viz. the stars. Com. Neh. is. 6. § 242. hendiadys. ..."
4. A Greek grammar to the New Testament, and to the common or Hellenic diction by William Trollope (1842)
"and the figure is called hendiadys (îv S»à oWv). Thus ive have in Luke xxi.
15, сто/ла. xal rocían, wise words, or words &/' wisdom. Acts i. ..."
5. The Conservative Reformation and Its Theology: As Represented in the by Charles Porterfield Krauth (1871)
"13, it is said that the expression " oxen and garlands," is a hendiadys, and
means " garlanded oxen.'* We are not sure that it does; but if it does, ..."
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