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, sceleris: 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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