The corpus record — Latin

căcŏsynthĕton

căcŏsynthĕton · n

an incorrect connection of words

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What it meant

căcŏsynthĕton — Lewis & Short

căcŏsynthĕton, i, n., = kakosu/nqeton; in rhet.,

I an incorrect connection of words (as, e. g. Verg. A. 9, 610): quod male collocatum, id kakosu/nqeton Vocant, Quint. 8, 3, 59; cf. Don. p. 1771 P.; Charis. p. 243 ib.; Serv. ad Verg. l. l.; Isid. Orig. 1, 33, 12; Lucil. ap. Vel. Long. p. 2214 P.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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