noun Download 🔗Share A constituent segment within a text, such as a word or a phrase that forms a syntactic unit. Examples : "The syntagma “the God of peace” (in Greek ὁ Θεὸς τῆς εἰρήνης) occurs in all undisputed Pauline letters." grammar language linguistics word phrase structure unit Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An arrangement of units that together bears a meaning. Examples : "To combine a sequence of shots into a larger syntagma, there has to be a connection between the successive shots." grammar linguistics word language structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (history) A Macedonian phalanx fighting formation consisting of 256 men with long spears (sarissae). Examples : "The men forming the syntagma were arranged in a square of sixteen files of sixteen." military history war weapon group Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading