syntagma

American  

[sin-tag-muh] / sɪnˈtæg mə /

Also syntagm

noun

Linguistics.

plural

syntagmas, syntagmata

1. an element that enters into a syntagmatic relationship.

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syntagma British  

/ ˈsɪnˌtæm, sɪnˈtæɡmə /

noun

1. a syntactic unit or a word or phrase forming a syntactic unit

2. a systematic collection of statements or propositions

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Etymology

Origin of syntagma

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

Example Sentences

After the "witnesses," apostolic and other, had begun to disappear, a mere syntagma of Jesus' sayings could not suffice.

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Lanes appeared between the syntagmata; a chorus of wild cries swelled up—swept nearer, and the furious riders of the desert came galloping through every interspace.

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In the centre bristled the phalanx, formed of syntagmata or full squares having sixteen men on each side.

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Most of the Q material has the saying-character and is strung together with that lack of all save topical order which we look for in a syntagma.

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There was a company of sixty Umbrians who, firm on their hams, their pikes before their eyes, immovable and grinding their teeth, forced two syntagmata to recoil simultaneously.

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