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xviii ETYMOLOGICAL GLOSSARY OF

sibly the Romans regarded
the object as being in front
of the agent, like an accused
person confronted with the
prosecutor.
Active (Voice). The form
of a Verb that usually denotes acting or doing.
Adjective [L. ad, "to;"
jact, "cast or put"]. A
word put to a Noun.
Apheresis [Gr. (ap," from; "
airesis, " taking "]. Taking
a letter or syllable from the
beginning of a word.
Adjunct [L. ad, "to; "junct,
''joined "]. A word grammatically joined to another
word.
Adverb [L. ad, "to; " verb,
"word" or "Verb"]. A
word generally joined to a
Verb (45).
Adversative [L. adversus,
"opposite "]. An epithet
applied to Conjunctions that
(iike "but") express opposition.
Affix [L. ad, "to;" fix,
"fixed "]. A syllable or
letter fixed to the end of a
word.
Agreement. The change
made in the inflections of
words so that they may
suit or agree with one another in a sentence. (78).
Alexandrine. A rhyming
verse of twelve Iambic syllables, said to be so called
from its being used in an
old French Poem on Alexander the Great.
Alphabet [Gr. alpha, beta:
"a," "b"]. The list of
letters, so called from the

names of the first two letters in Greek.
Anacolouthon [Gr. a-,
" not; " acolouthon, " following"]. A break in the
Grammatical sequence, or
followin.y.
Analysis [Gr. anq, "back;"
lusis, "loosing"]. Unloosing anything (e.g. a Sentence) bback into its constitutent parts. Hence an
analytical period in a language. See Par. 556.
Anomaly. A Greek-formed
word meaning " unevenness," "irregularity."
Antecedent [L. ante, "before;" cedent "going"].
(a) That part of a sentence
which expresses a condition
(167). So called because
the condition must ygo before
its consequence. See consequent (2). (b) Also used for
the Noun that goes before
a Relative Pronoun.
Anti-Climax. The opposite
of a climax. A sentence in
which the meaning sinks in
importance, instead of rising
at the close.
Antithesis [Gr. anti,
"against; " thesis. "placing"]. The placing of
word against word, by way
of contrast 1
Apodosis [Gr. apodosis, "a
paying back"]. A Greek
name for the ' Consequent."
The condition was regalded
by the Greeks as denanding
its consequence, as a sort of
debt, to be paid in return
for the fulfilnment of the condition.

1 See How to Write Clearly, Par. 41.