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hy·pal·la·ge

   
[hi-pal-uh-jee, hahy-]

–noun
the reversal of the expected syntactic relation between two words, as in “her beauty's face” for “her face's beauty.”

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Examples:
-"the winged sound of whirling" (δίνης πτερωτὸς φθόγγος), meaning "the sound of whirling wings" (Aristophanes, Birds 1198)
-"angry crowns of kings" (iratos...regum apices) (Horace, Odes 3.21.19f.)


(examples are from Wikipedia. So I hope the references are accurate.)
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