polyptoton
English
Etymology
Via (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek πολύπτωτον (polúptōton), neuter of πολύπτωτος (polúptōtos, “having many cases”), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + πίπτω (píptō, “I fall”).
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file)
Noun
polyptoton (countable and uncountable, plural polyptota or polyptotons)
- (rhetoric) A stylistic scheme in which words from the same root are used together, or a word is repeated in a different inflection or case.
Usage notes
An example of polyptoton appears in the following quote with variation on the word feed:
- c1595, William Shakespeare, Richard II, act II, scene i,
- With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder.
Hypernyms
- (rhetoric): ploce
Translations
stylistic scheme
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