homoioptoton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A rhetorical figure in which the several parts of a sentence end with the same case, or inflection generally.

Word forms

homoioptoton homoioptota homoeoptoton

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὁμοιóπτωτον (homoióptōton, “in a like case”).

Related words

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