Meanings
plural antiptoses
- countablerhetoricuncountablegrammarSubstitution of one grammatical case for another.
1 more example
As a vocative form, deus is a clear violation of established norms. The grammarians occasionally encountered apparent examples of such vocatives in the texts they taught, and they explained them either by invoking the figure of antiptosis, in which the “correct” case is replaced by another, or by appeal to the concept of euphonia.
1997 April, John Rauk, “The Vocative of Deus and Its Problems”, in Classical Philology, volume XCII, № 2, page 143
Origin
- Ancient Greekἀντίπτωσις
- Englishantiptosis
From Ancient Greek ἀντίπτωσις (antíptōsis).
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Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́πτωσῐς
- ᾰ̓ντῐ́πτωσῐς (ăntĭ́ptōsĭs)substitution of one grammatical case for another
Catalan antiptosi
- antiptosisubstitution of one grammatical case for another
French antiptose
- antiptosesubstitution of one grammatical case for another
Portuguese antiptose
- antiptosesubstitution of one grammatical case for another
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antiptosis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiptosis
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