‖ anastrophe Rhet.
(əˈnæstrəfiː)
[Gr. ἀναστροϕή a turning back, f. ἀνά back + στρέϕ-ειν to turn.]
Inversion, or unusual arrangement, of the words or clauses of a sentence.
| 1577 H. Peacham Gard. Eloq. (T.) Anastrophe, a preposterous order, or a backward setting of words, thus: All Italy about I went, which is contrary to plain order, I went about all Italy. 1785 Walker Rhet. Gram. (T.) Anastrophe..by which we place last, and perhaps at a great distance from the beginning of the sentence, what, according to the common order, should have been placed first. 1871 in Pub. Sch. Lat. Gram. 446. |