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‖ synˈtaxis Pl. syntaxes |-ˈtæksiːz|. Also 7 sin-. [late L., a. Gr. σύνταξις, f. συντάσσειν, f. σύν syn-1 + τάσσειν (base τακ-) to arrange. Cf. It. sintassi, Sp. sintaxis, Pg. syntaxe.] †1. = syntax 2. Obs. In quot. 1632 jocularly used with implication of syntax sense 1. In quot. 1641 = regimen 3.
1540Palsgrave tr. Acolastus E ij b, To shew the Syntaxis and the concordance betwene the wordes gouernynge, and them that be gouerned. a1568R. Ascham Scholem. (Arb.) 25 In learninge farther hys Syntaxis, by mine aduice, he shall not vse the common order. 1632B. Jonson Magn. Lady i. i, To wise And well experienc'd Men, words do not signifie; They have no power, save with dull Grammarians, Whose Souls are nought, but a Syntaxis of them. 1641Milton Animadv. v. 39 If your meaning be with a violent..Hyperbaton to transpose the Text, as if the Words lay thus in order, neglect not the gift of Presbytery; this were..to make the word gift..start up to governe the word Presbyterie, as an immediate Syntaxis. 1642Howell For. Trav. (Arb.) 20 The French tongue..is a bold and hardy speach, therefore the learner must not be bashfull..in speaking any thing,..let it come forth confidently whither true or false Sintaxis. 1749Fielding Tom Jones ii. iii, A young Gentleman..at the Age of Seventeen was just entered into his Syntaxis. 2. Geol. An arrangement of fold axes or mountain ranges showing convergence towards a common point. [tr. G. schaarung (E. Suess).]
1909H. B. C. & W. J. Sollas tr. Suess's Face of Earth IV. 289 In the direction of the syntaxis, i.e. towards the west, their strike bends back in an arc. 1933W. H. Bucher Deformation of Earth's Crust iv. 84 The abrupt deflections and the repeated syntaxes of the Alpine system of southern Europe and western Asia. 1952Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. CVIII. 23 The Upper Assam valley..terminates in one of the most impressive examples of syntaxis which our fascinating world can offer. 3. Cryst. = syntaxy.
1944Amer. Mineralogist XXIX. 267 Ungemach..has introduced the term syntaxie to describe the coalescence of polyptic substances... The best English equivalent is probably ‘syntaxis’, the adjective being ‘syntaxic’. 1951Phil. Mag. XLII. 1020 The commonly observed coalescence or ‘syntaxis’..of various types of carborundum. |