anapodoton

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀναπόδοτον (anapódoton), alternative form of ἀνανταπόδοτον (anantapódoton) (whence anantapodoton), from ἀν- (an-, “not”) + ἀνταποδίδωμι (antapodídōmi, “to give back, correspond with”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌænəˈpɒdətən/

anapodoton (countable and uncountable, plural anapodota)

1. (rhetoric) A special kind of ellipsis in which a main clause implied by a subordinate clause is left out.

   Hypernym: ellipsis

• aposiopesis
• anacoluthon
• Appendix:English lexicalized anapodota
• Appendix:Glossary of rhetorical terms

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