Polyptoton
/ˌpɑ.ləpˈtoʊ.tɑn/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A stylistic scheme in which words from the same root are used together, or a word is repeated in a different inflection or case. countable, rhetoric, uncountable
"A Polyptoton still the same word places, If sense require it, in two different cases."
- 2 repetition of a word in a different case or inflection in the same sentence wordnet
Synonyms
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More examples"A Polyptoton still the same word places, If sense require it, in two different cases."
Etymology
Via Latin, from Ancient Greek πολύπτωτον (polúptōton), neuter of πολύπτωτος (polúptōtos, “having many cases”), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + πίπτω (píptō, “I fall”).