Ans. That huper pantos, “for every one,” is here used for huper pantōn, “for all,” by an enallage of the number, is by all acknowledged. From Wordnik.com. [The Death of Death in the Death of Christ] Reference
In his 1908 magnum pompous Grammar as a Science, B.F. Sisk defines enallage as. From Wordnik.com. [SFist] Reference
Second, perhaps this example is not an error at all, but rather a poetic deviation from standard diction in order to enhance the impact of the claim -- a trick known as enallage. From Wordnik.com. [SFist] Reference
I will further spare four out of the seven figures of less note: emphasis, enallage, and the hysteron proteron you must have; because emphasis graces Irish diction, enallage unbinds it from strict grammatical fetters, and hysteron proteron allows it sometimes to put the cart before the horse. From Wordnik.com. [Tales and Novels — Volume 04] Reference
The enallage, ‛ οστις. From Wordnik.com. [The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I.] Reference
More on enallage here. From Wordnik.com. [SFist] Reference
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