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anastrophe

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Anastrophe \A*nas"tro*phe\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to turn up or back;
   ? + ? to turn.] (Rhet. & Gram.)
   An inversion of the natural order of words; as, echoed the
   hills, for, the hills echoed.

Source : WordNet®

anastrophe
     n : the reversal of the normal order of words [syn: {inversion}]
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