syntagma
Americannoun
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syntagmas,
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syntagmata
plural
noun
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a syntactic unit or a word or phrase forming a syntactic unit
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a systematic collection of statements or propositions
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of syntagma
1635–45; < Greek sýntagma something put together, equivalent to syntag- ( see syntactic) + -ma resultative noun suffix
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In respect to the primacy of Peter we can observe a certain difference even among the Palestinian gospels which succeeded to the primitive syntagma of Matthew.
From The Making of the New Testament by Benjamin Wisner Bacon
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.
From The Making of the New Testament by Benjamin Wisner Bacon
After the "witnesses," apostolic and other, had begun to disappear, a mere syntagma of Jesus' sayings could not suffice.
From The Making of the New Testament by Benjamin Wisner Bacon
In the centre bristled the phalanx, formed of syntagmata or full squares having sixteen men on each side.
From Salammbo by Gustave Flaubert
They ran on the flank of the syntagmata by the side of the captains.
From Salammbo by Gustave Flaubert
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.
From The Lion's Brood by Duffield Osborne
Some syntagmata composed of sturdy men, chosen expressly for the purpose, had broken in three gates.
From Salammbo by Gustave Flaubert
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.
From Salammbo by Gustave Flaubert
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