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Adynaton
Adynaton (plural adynata) is a figure of speech in the form of hyperbole taken to such extreme lengths as to insinuate a complete impossibility:
*''I will sooner have a beard grow in the palm of my hand than he shall get one on his cheek''.〔Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2
The word derives from the Greek ἀδύνατον (''adunaton''), neuter of ἀδύνατος (''adunatos''), "unable, impossible" (''a-'', "without" + ''dynasthai'', "to be powerful").〔(ἀδύνατος ), Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus〕
==Classical and Medieval usage ==
Adynaton was a widespread literary and rhetorical device during the Classical Period. Its plural form (''adynata'') was translated in Latin as ''impossibilia''. A frequent usage was to refer to one highly unlikely event occurring ''sooner'' than another:
:''One can expect an agreement between philosophers sooner than between clocks.'' Seneca, "''The Pumpkinification of Claudius''".
However it largely fell into disuse during the Middle Ages before undergoing a minor revival in the works of romantic poets, who would boast of the power of their love, and how it could never end.
: ''Together, we shall sooner see, I, & you, The Rhône tarry, & reverse its course, The Saône roil, & return to source, Than this my fire ever die down'' Maurice Scève

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