hypallage

[Lat., from Gr. hypallagē = an interchange, an exchange; hypo =under, and allage a change; alla ō =to change, to exchange.] Rhet.: A figure of speech by which attributes are transferred from their proper subjects to others. Thus Virgil ( Eneid iii. 61) says, "Dare cla i bus austros" (to give the winds to the fleet), instead of "Dare cla es austris" (to give the fleet to the winds). IMG:content-1407.jpg:[blocks in formation] tives. hyp-ăn-thi-um, 8. [Mod. Lat., from Gr. hypo =under, and anthos =a flower.] Bot.: The fleshy enlarged hollow of the end of a peduncle supporting the flower in the rose, the apple, the myrtle, .