anacephalaeosis

Meanings

1. A brief restatement or repetition of the principal heads or main points of an argument or discourse; a recapitulation, especially as used in the peroration to refresh the audience's memory and reinforce the argument.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνακεφαλαίωσις (anakephalaíōsis, “recapitulation”), from ἀνακεφαλαιόω (anakephalaióō, “to sum up”), from ἀνά (aná, “up, again”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).