syntagma
/sɪnˈtæɡmə/
syntagma noun: a constituent segment within a text, such as a word or a phrase that forms a syntactic unit.
Noun
syntagma (plural syntagmata or syntagmas)
- A constituent segment within a text, such as a word or a phrase that forms a syntactic unit.
- The syntagma “the God of peace” (in Greek ὁ Θεὸς τῆς εἰρήνης) occurs in all undisputed Pauline letters.
- An arrangement of units that together bears a meaning.
- To combine a sequence of shots into a larger syntagma, there has to be a connection between the successive shots.
- The Gospel is not a system of Theology, nor a Syntagma of theoretical propositions and conclusions for the enlargement of speculative knowledge, ethical or metaphysical.1825, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, “Aphorisms on that which is indeed spiritual religion”, in Aids to Reflection, page 198
- A Macedonian phalanx fighting formation consisting of 256 men with long spears (sarissae).
- The men forming the syntagma were arranged in a square of sixteen files of sixteen.
- An organized structural, functional unit of anatomical or chemical subunits.
- Synonyms:
- tagma
- A treatise or compendium.
- Though he informs us in the preface that his object was to trace the outlines of the great "latifundium regni philosophici" in a single syntagma, yet he really does no more than arrange a number of separate treatises or manuals, and even dictionaries, within the limits of a couple of folios.1905 [1878], John Morley, Diderot and the Encyclopædists, volume 1
syntagma meaning in Tamil
syntagma in Tamil
- முறைத்தொகுப்பு
Examples of syntagma in a sentence
- A syntagma is, consequently, a unit of actual relationship, while a paradigm is a unit of potential relationship.1974, “A note on teminology”, in Michael Taylor, transl., Film Language: A Semiotics of the Cinema, New York: Oxford University Press...
- So he gives us a sort of potential sequence—an undetermined sequence—that represents a new type of syntagma, a novel form of the “logic of montage,” but that remains entirely a figure of narrativity.2000, Warren Buckland, The Cognitive Semiotics of Film, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 125:
Synonyms of syntagma
Forms of syntagma
| plural | syntagmata |
|---|---|
| plural | syntagmas |
Origin of syntagma
From Late Latin syntagma, from Ancient Greek σύνταγμα (súntagma, “orderly arrangement”), from συντάσσω (suntássō, “arrange together”, “to order”).
Words formed from syntagma
Words that rhyme with syntagma
Questions about syntagma
- What does syntagma mean?
- Syntagma means a constituent segment within a text, such as a word or a phrase that forms a syntactic unit.
- What is syntagma in Tamil?
- Syntagma in Tamil is முறைத்தொகுப்பு. See Syntagma meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use syntagma in a sentence?
- A syntagma is, consequently, a unit of actual relationship, while a paradigm is a unit of potential relationship.
- What part of speech is syntagma?
- Syntagma is a noun.
- How do you pronounce syntagma?
- Syntagma is pronounced /sɪnˈtæɡmə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of syntagma?
- The plural of syntagma is syntagmata.
Words near syntagma in the dictionary
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