ASYNDETON, a Figure in Grammar, implying a defect or want of Conjunctions in a Sentence. See FIGURE and CON- JUNCTION.
As, in the Instance, Veni, Vidi, Vici, I came; I saw, I conquered; where the Copulative et, and, is omitted. The Word is derived from the privative α, and σύνδεσμος, I bind together.
Asyndeton stands opposed to Polysyndeton. See POLYSYNDETON.
ÆOLIC, or Aeolian, in Grammar, the name of one of the five Dialects of the Greek Tongue. See GREEK, and DIALECT. It was first used in Boeotia; whence it passed into Lesvos, and was that which Sappho and Alcaeus wrote in. The Aeolic Dialect throws out all the sharp, harsh Accents; and agrees in so many things with the Doric Dialect, that the two are usually confounded together. See DORIC.