homoioptoton
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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.