Praegnans constructio

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In rhetoric, praegnans constructio is a form of brachylogy in which two clauses or two expressions are condensed into one.

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  • Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920). Greek Grammar. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, p. 681. ISBN 0-674-36250-0. 
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