Apokoinu construction

The apokoinou [ apokɔi̯nu ː ] ( κοινοῦ Greek ἀπὸ, APO koinoũ: " the Joint " ) is a rhetorical device of the word conservation is similar to the ellipse, the Syllepse and the Zeugma. It is a form of Brachylogie. In this syntactic construction part (word or sentence) is a sentence at the same time relative to two other parts. That is, the common part of the design - the Koinon - is the two partial structures alike to own. Usually the koinon is in a middle position and refers to the preceding and to the following text.

In the ancient Greek and Roman poetry the apokoinou is quite common to find, even in Middle High German texts, it is common. A well-known example is the beginning of the Nibelungenlied:

Here is the Koinon " of heroes [ ... ] strîten ".

The following example from Friedrich Schiller's William Tell ( Act 3, scene 1 ), the Koinon " that is his prey " only once realized, but refers to the enclosing two subsets equally: