epano-, epan- +
(Greek: again; occurring in some rhetorical terms)
A doubling of a word in speech; a rhetorical figure wherein a sentence begins and ends with the same word: Two examples of enanadiplosis are "Severe to his servants, to his children severe" and "Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice."
epanalepsis, epanaleptic
1. A phrase or words repeated later on in a speech or text as a rhetorical device.
2. A figure by which the same word or clause is repeated after intervening material.
2. A figure by which the same word or clause is repeated after intervening material.
epanastrophe
A figure by which the end-word of one sentence becomes the first word of the next.
epanodos
1. A balanced rhetorical figure in which the second part reiterates the first part; such as, "Treason doth never prosper!/What's the reason?/For if it prosper, none dare call it treason." [John Harington].
2. The repetition of a sentence in an inverse order.
3. A return to the regular thread of discourse after a digression; also, a repetition in inverse order.
2. The repetition of a sentence in an inverse order.
3. A return to the regular thread of discourse after a digression; also, a repetition in inverse order.
epanorthosis, epanorthotic
1. A figure in which a word is recalled, in order to substitute a more correct or stronger term.
2. The immediate rephrasing of something said or written in order to emphasize or to correct it.
3. The changing of a word or phrase in order to give it more weight or intensity; as, for instance, "hundreds of people, no thousands, enjoyed the procession".
2. The immediate rephrasing of something said or written in order to emphasize or to correct it.
3. The changing of a word or phrase in order to give it more weight or intensity; as, for instance, "hundreds of people, no thousands, enjoyed the procession".
epanthous
1. Living on flowers, applied to certain fungi.
2. A reference to a fungus that parasitizes flowers.
2. A reference to a fungus that parasitizes flowers.
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