homoioptoton
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ὁμοιóπτωτον (homoióptōton, “in a like case”).
Noun edit
homoioptoton (plural homoioptota)
- (rhetoric, poetry) A rhetorical figure in which the several parts of a sentence end with the same case, or inflection generally.
References edit
- “homoioptoton”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.