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Posted By: wwh polyproton - 01/23/04 08:58 PM
Polyptoton

(Definitions)

"...had, having, and in quest to have, extreme..." -- Shakespeare, Sonnet 129

What is the term for a repeated word or phrase in the same sentence?

Polyptoton, from the Greek, "multiple cases", "many inflections".

Would the auctioneer's chant "Going,going,gone!" be another
example?



Posted By: jheem Re: polyproton - 01/23/04 09:14 PM
Fit casibus modo hoc schema, quod polyptoton vocant. / This figure may also be effected solely by change of cases, a proceeding which the Greeks call polyptoton. [Quintillianus IX.iii.37] From ptosis 'falling, (grammatical) case' from pipto 'to fall'.

Posted By: Faldage Re: polyproton - 01/24/04 02:52 PM
And here's me, fooled by Dr Bill's typo, thinking the post was going to be about transhydrogenic elements.

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