polyptoton
nounUS /ˌpɑ.ləpˈtoʊˌtɑn/
Etymology Via Latin, from Ancient Greek πολύπτωτον (polúptōton), neuter of πολύπτωτος (polúptōtos, “having many cases”), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + πίπτω (píptō, “to fall”).
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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.
- A Polyptoton still the same word places, If sense require it, in two different cases.1835, L[arret] Langley, “[Rhetorical Turns.] Polyptoton.”, in A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster, South Yorkshire: […] C. White, […], →OCLC, page 84:
- Derived terms
- polyptotonic
- Related terms
- antanaclasis, figura etymologica, cognate accusative