praegnans constructio

English

Alternative forms

  • constructio praegnans, constructio praegans, praegans constructio

Etymology

From Latin cōnstructiō (“a grammatical construction”) and Latin praegnāns (“pregnant”).

Pronunciation

Noun

praegnans constructio (uncountable)

  1. (brachylogy) A construction commonly found in Greek and Hebrew in which either a verb of motion is paired with a locative prepositional phrase or a static verb is paired with an allative preposition phrase.
    "I attacked the dog into the fire" employs a rough form of praegnans constructio.

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