Praegnans constructio

In rhetoric, praegnans constructio (or constructio praegnans) is a form of brachylogy in which two clauses or two expressions are condensed into one.

References

Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920). Greek Grammar. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press. pp. 682–683. ISBN 0-674-36250-0.

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