apokoinou

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

apokoinou

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

• brachylogy

From Ancient Greek ἀπό (apó) + κοινός (koinós, “in common”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): /ˌaː.poː.kɔi̯.nu/

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• Hyphenation: apo‧koi‧nou

apokoinou f (plural apokoinous)

1. A rhetorical device similar to a zeugma or elliptical construction. An apokoinou is the blending of two sentences through a common word which has two syntactic functions, one for each of the sentence. The word common to both sentences is often a predicate object in the first and a subject in the second.

   It was he told me about it.

   There was a door led to the kitchen.