nominativus pendens
nominativus pendens · nominativus pendens
A noun phrase, introduced as if the subject of a sentence, that is not actually used…A noun phrase, introduced as if the subject of a sentence, that is not actually used as such.
Meaning
2 sensesA noun phrase, introduced as if the subject of a sentence, that is not actually used as such.
(rhetoric)Intentional use of such a construction.
Origin
From Latin nominativus (“nominative case”) + Latin pendens (“hanging, waiting”).From Latin nominativus (“nominative case”) + Latin pendens (“hanging, waiting”).
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Forms
plural: nominativus pendens| Singular | nominativus pendens |
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| Plural | nominativus pendens |
irregular