Polyptoton Definition
noun
(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.
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polyptoton
Plural:
polyptota, polyptotonsOrigin of Polyptoton
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Via Latin, from Ancient Greek πολύπτωτον (poluptōton), neuter of πολύπτωτος (poluptōtos, “having many cases”), from πολύς (polus, “many”) + πίπτω (piptō, “I fall”).
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