The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσύλληψις
- Latin · borrowed fromsyllepsis
- English todaysyllepsis
From Latin syllepsis, from Ancient Greek σύλληψις (súllēpsis), from συλλαμβάνω (sullambánō).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
syllepsis
Today it means: A figure of speech in which one word simultaneously modifies two or more other words such that the modification must be understood differently with respect to each modified word; often causing humorous incongruity. Full definition →
Latin syllepsis ← Ancient Greek σύλληψις