3 definitions found for Enallage

Enallage ENAL'LAGE, n. enal'lajy. [Gr. change.]
A figure, in grammar, by which some change is made in the common mode of speech, or when one word is substituted for another; as exercitus victor, for victoriousus; scelus, for scelestus.

enallage n 1: a substitution of part of speech or gender or number or tense etc. (e.g., editorial `we' for `I')

Enallage E*nal"la*ge, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? an exchange, fr. ? to exchange; ? in + ? to change.] (Gram.) A substitution, as of one part of speech for another, of one gender, number, case, person, tense, mode, or voice, of the same word, for another.