palilogia
English edit
Noun edit
palilogia
- (rhetoric) Deliberate repetition of a word or a phrase for the sake of emphasis.
- 1970, Macdonald Critchley, Aphasiology and other aspects of language[1]:
- First, there is palilogia, which is an idiosyncrasy of certain rhetoricians and public speakers who deliberately repeat a word or phrase or sentence for the sake of emphasis.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
palilogia f (plural palilogie)
- palilogy (repetition of a word for rhetorical effect)
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek παλιλογία (palilogía, “palilogy”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pa.liˈlo.ɡi.a/, [pälʲɪˈɫ̪ɔɡiä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pa.liˈlo.d͡ʒi.a/, [päliˈlɔːd͡ʒiä]
Noun edit
palilogia f (genitive palilogiae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | palilogia | palilogiae |
| Genitive | palilogiae | palilogiārum |
| Dative | palilogiae | palilogiīs |
| Accusative | palilogiam | palilogiās |
| Ablative | palilogiā | palilogiīs |
| Vocative | palilogia | palilogiae |
Descendants edit
- English: palilogy
References edit
- “palilogia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- palilogia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.