anastrophe

English

noun

Definitions

(rhetoric) Unusual word order, often involving an inversion of the usual pattern of the sentence.

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀναστροφή (a turning back).

Origin

Ancient Greek

ἀναστροφή

Gloss

a turning back

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Anastrophe German
anastrofe Italian
anástrofe Spanish, Castilian
ἀναστρέφω Ancient Greek
ἀναστροφή Ancient Greek
anástrofe Portuguese
anastróf Irish
anastrofa Serbo-Croatian