apokoinou

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noun

A blending of two sentences through a common word which has two syntactic functions, one for each of the sentences. The word common to both sentences is often a predicate object in the first and a subject in the second.

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Meanings

noun
  1. rhetoricA blending of two sentences through a common word which has two syntactic functions, one for each of the sentences. The word common to both sentences is often a predicate object in the first and a subject in the second.

Origin

From Ancient Greek genitive form of ἀπόκοινός (apókoinós), from ἀπό (apó) + κοινός (koinós, “in common”)

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apokoinou. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apokoinou

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