constructio ad sensum

IPA(Pronunciation)

/kɒnˈstɹʌktɪəʊ æd ˈsɛnsəm/

Noun

(grammar) A grammatical construction in which a word’s inflexion is determined by the semantics of the word or words with which it associates, in contravention of what is required by grammar.

Japanese Meaning

語の活用が、通常の文法規則ではなく、その語や隣接する語の意味に基づいて決定される文法構造

What is this buttons?

The linguist argued that the sentence was a constructio ad sensum rather than a strict grammatical agreement.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

その言語学者は、その文は厳密な文法的一致というよりむしろ意味に従う構文であると主張した。

Details

Sense（1）

(grammar) A grammatical construction in which a word’s inflexion is determined by the semantics of the word or words with which it associates, in contravention of what is required by grammar.

St. John ſpeaks of her children, as if they were all of them ſons, and ſays nothing of daughters. For, though he uſes both ver. 1. and ver. 4. the neuter τεϰνα, which when uſed by itſelf may include daughters as well as ſons, yet, ſince he adds in the former inſtance ȣ῾ς εγω αγαπω, and in the latter inſtance ϖεϱιπατȣντας εν αληθειᾳ, the maſculine relative and participle reſtrict the ſenſe to ſons aloneʰ.