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praegnans constructio

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praegnans constructio (uncountable)

(brachylogy) A construction commonly found in Greek and Hebrew in which either a verb of motion is paired with a locative prepositional phrase or a static verb is paired with an allative preposition phrase.
"I attacked the dog into the fire" employs a rough form of praegnans constructio.

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