Polyptoton

//ˌpɑ.ləpˈtoʊ.tɑn// noun

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Noun
  1. 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. 2
    repetition of a word in a different case or inflection in the same sentence wordnet

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"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”).

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