syntagma

[ sin-tag-muh ]

noun,plural syn·tag·mas, syn·tag·ma·ta

[sin-tag-muh-tuh]. /sɪnˈtæg mə tə/. Linguistics.

an element that enters into a syntagmatic relationship.

Origin of syntagma

1635–45; <Greek sýntagma something put together, equivalent to syntag- (see syntactic) + -ma resultative noun suffix

Also syn·tagm [sin-tam]. /ˈsɪn tæm/.

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How to use syntagma in a sentence

In the centre bristled the phalanx, formed of syntagmata or full squares having sixteen men on each side.
Salammbo | Gustave Flaubert
Three phalangites, in the fourth dilochia of the twelfth syntagmata, killed one another with knives in a dispute about a rat.
Salammbo | Gustave Flaubert
They ran on the flank of the syntagmata by the side of the captains.
Salammbo | Gustave Flaubert

British Dictionary definitions for syntagma

syntagma

syntagm (ˈsɪnˌtæm)

/ (sɪnˈtæɡmə) /

nounplural -tagmata (-ˈtæɡmətə) or -tagms

a syntactic unit or a word or phrase forming a syntactic unit
a systematic collection of statements or propositions

Origin of syntagma

C17: from Late Latin, from Greek, from suntassein to put in order; see syntax

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