ploce
English
editExamples (rhetoric) |
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In that great victory, Caesar was Caesar! |
Etymology
editFrom Latin plŏcē, from Ancient Greek πλοκή (plokḗ, “complication”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈplɒsi/, /ˈpləʊsi/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editploce (uncountable)
- (rhetoric) A figure of speech in which a word is repeated so as not only to signify the individual thing denoted by it, but also its peculiar attribute or quality.
Hyponyms
edit- (rhetoric): polyptoton, antanaclasis