epistrophe

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin epistrophē, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐπιστροφή (epistrophḗ).

Noun

Template:examples-right epistrophe (plural epistrophes)

  1. (rhetoric) The repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences.
    Synonyms: epiphora, antistrophe
    Antonym: anaphora

See also


Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπιστροφή (epistrophḗ).

Pronunciation

Noun

epistrophē f (genitive epistrophēs); first declension

  1. (rhetoric) a returning

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative epistrophē epistrophae
Genitive epistrophēs epistrophārum
Dative epistrophae epistrophīs
Accusative epistrophēn epistrophās
Ablative epistrophē epistrophīs
Vocative epistrophē epistrophae

References

  • epistrophe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • epistrophe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.