ENALLAGE, in grammar, is when one word is substituted for another of the same part of speech: A substantive for an adjective, as exercitus victor, for victoriosus; scelus, for sceleratus: A primitive for a derivative, as Dardana arma for Dardania: An active for a passive, as nox humida celo precipitat, for precipitatur, &c.
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