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- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromἀναστροφή
- English todayanastrophe
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀναστροφή (anastrophḗ), from ἀνα- (ana-, “up”) + στρέφω (stréphō, “to turn”).
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anastrophe
anas·tro·pheToday it means: Unusual word order, often involving an inversion of the usual pattern of the sentence. Full definition →
Ancient Greek ἀναστροφή