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constructio ad sensum

UK/kɒnˈstɹʌktɪəʊ æd ˈsɛnsəm/

constructio ad sensum noun: a grammatical construction in which a word’s inflection is determined by the semantics of the word or words with which it associates, in contravention of what is required by grammar.

Noun

constructio ad sensum (plural constructiones ad sensum)

  1. A grammatical construction in which a word’s inflection is determined by the semantics of the word or words with which it associates, in contravention of what is required by grammar.
    • St. John ſpeaks of her children, as if they were all of them ſons, and ſays nothing of daughters. For, though he uſes both ver. 1. and ver. 4. the neuter τεκνα, which when uſed by itſelf may include daughters as well as ſons, yet, ſince he adds in the former inſtance ȣ῾ς εγω αγαπω, and in the...1802, John David Michaelis (author) and Herbert Marsh (translator), Introduction to the New Teſtament, second edition (London: printed by Luke Hansard, for E. and C. Rivington, № 62, St. Paul’s...
    • Peculiarities in the order of words, occasional omissions of a word or words, constructiones ad sensum, carelessnesses, or roughness of style, and even positively bad writing, are faithfully reproduced.1888, Hermathena (University of Dublin), issue 6, page 332
    Synonyms:
    synesis

Synonyms of constructio ad sensum

Forms of constructio ad sensum

pluralconstructiones ad sensum

Origin of constructio ad sensum

From modern Latin cōnstrūctiō (“[grammatical] construction”) + ad (“toward, [according] to”) + sēnsum (accusative singular of sēnsus, abstractly “sense”, “notion”, “signification”): "grammatical construction according to [the] sense".

Questions about constructio ad sensum

What does constructio ad sensum mean?
Constructio ad sensum means a grammatical construction in which a word’s inflection is determined by the semantics of the word or words with which it associates, in contravention of what is required by grammar.
What part of speech is constructio ad sensum?
Constructio ad sensum is a noun.
How do you pronounce constructio ad sensum?
Constructio ad sensum is pronounced /kɒnˈstɹʌktɪəʊ æd ˈsɛnsəm/ (UK).
What is the plural of constructio ad sensum?
The plural of constructio ad sensum is constructiones ad sensum.

Words near constructio ad sensum in the dictionary

  1. constructeth
  2. constructibility
  3. constructible
  4. constructing
  5. constructings
  6. constructio ad sensum
  7. construction
  8. construction barrel
  9. construction barrels
  10. construction battalion
  11. construction battalions

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