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Hypallage

HYPAL'LAGE, n. hypal'largy. [Gr. change, to change.] In grammar, a figure consisting of mutual change of cases. Thus in Virgil, dare classibus austros, for dare classes austris. Hypallage is a species of hyper...

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HYPAL'LAGE, n. hypal'largy. [Gr. change, to change.]

In grammar, a figure consisting of mutual change of cases. Thus in Virgil, dare classibus austros, for dare classes austris.

Hypallage is a species of hyperbaton.

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