Etymology

homoioptoton

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Today it means: A rhetorical figure in which the several parts of a sentence end with the same case, or inflection generally. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ὁμοιóπτωτον
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὁμοιóπτωτον“in a like case”
  2. English todayhomoioptoton

From Ancient Greek ὁμοιóπτωτον (homoióptōton, “in a like case”).

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