Thesaurus: hypallage

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1. n. A figure consisting of a transference of attributes from their proper subjects to other. Thus Virgil says, "dare classibus austros," to give the winds to the fleets, instead of dare classibus austris, to give the fleets to the winds.
2. n. reversal of the syntactic relation of two words (as in ‘her beauty's face’)
3. A figure consisting of a transference of attributes from their proper subjects to other. Thus Virgil says, "dare classibus austros," to give the winds to the fleets, instead of dare classibus austris, to give the fleets to the winds. The hypallage, of which Virgil is fonder than any other writer, is much the gravest fault in language. Landor.
4. A figure consisting of a transference of attributes from theirproper subjects to other. Thus Virgil says, "dare classibus austros,"to give the winds to the fleets, instead of dare classibus austris,to give the fleets to the winds.The hypallage, of which Virgil is fonder than any other writer, ismuch the gravest fault in language. Landor.
5. n reversal of the syntactic relation of two words (as in `her beauty's face')