/huy'peuh zoohk"sis/ , n. Rhet.
the use of a series of parallel clauses, each of which has a subject and predicate, as in "I came, I saw, I conquered."
[ 1580-90; hypozeug ( nýnai ) to put under the yoke ( hypo- HYPO- + zeugnýnai to yoke, deriv. of zeûgos YOKE) + -sis -SIS ]