polyptoton
English edit
Etymology edit
Via Latin, from Ancient Greek πολύπτωτον (polúptōton), neuter of πολύπτωτος (polúptōtos, “having many cases”), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + πίπτω (píptō, “I fall”).
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Noun edit
polyptoton (countable and uncountable, plural polyptota or polyptotons)
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William Shakespeare, Richard II (c. 1595) |
- (rhetoric) A stylistic scheme in which words from the same root are used together, or a word is repeated in a different inflection or case.
- Hypernym: ploce
Translations edit
stylistic scheme in which words from the same root are used together, or a word is repeated in a different inflection or case
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