epanalepsis
English edit
Examples |
---|
|
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin epanalepsis, from Ancient Greek ἐπανάληψις (epanálēpsis), from ἐπαναλαμβάνω (epanalambánō), from ἐπί (epí) + ἀνά (aná) + λαμβάνω (lambánō).
Noun edit
epanalepsis (uncountable)
- (rhetoric) The repetition of the same word or clause after intervening matter.
- 1857, Josiah Willard Gibbs, Philological Studies: With English Illustrations:
- The repetition of a word or phrase in the same sense […] as in the epanalepsis, adds weight to the thought or idea, and increases its logical worth.
Synonyms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
Translations
|
Spanish edit
Noun edit
epanalepsis f (uncountable)
- epanalepsis
- Synonym: epanadiplosis
Further reading edit
- “epanalepsis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014