Word: prolepsis
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pro
lep
sis
Definition: A construction that consists of placing an element in a syntactic unit before that to which it would logically correspond.
Morphemes:
Affix: prolepsis
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A construction that consists of placing an element in a syntactic unit before that to which it would logically correspond.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: προ-
Language: el
Decoded: pro-
Meaning: before
Affix: λαμβάνω
Language: el
Decoded: lambano
Meaning: receive
Affix: -σῐς
Language: grc
Decoded: -sis
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to verb stems to form abstract nouns or nouns of action, result or process