Hyperbaton

Hyperbaton /haɪˈpɜːrbətɒn/, in its original meaning, is a figure of speech in which a phrase is made discontinuous by the insertion of other words.^[1] In modern usage, the term is also used more generally for figures of speech that transpose sentences' natural word order,^[2]^[3] and it is also called anastrophe.^[4]

^ Andrew M. Devine, Laurence D. Stephens, Latin Word Order: Structured Meaning and Information (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006), p. 524.
^ Merriam-Webster online dictionary: hyperbaton
^ Stephen Cushman; Clare Cavanagh; Jahan Ramazani; Paul Rouzer (26 August 2012). The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics: Fourth Edition. Princeton University Press. p. 647. ISBN 978-1-4008-4142-4.
^ Merriam-Webster online dictionary: anastrophe

[DS-1] Andrew M. Devine, Laurence D. Stephens, Latin Word Order: Structured Meaning and Information (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006), p. 524.

[2] Merriam-Webster online dictionary: hyperbaton

[3] Stephen Cushman; Clare Cavanagh; Jahan Ramazani; Paul Rouzer (26 August 2012). The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics: Fourth Edition. Princeton University Press. p. 647. ISBN 978-1-4008-4142-4.

[4] Merriam-Webster online dictionary: anastrophe

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