“polyptoton”的英英意思

单词	polyptoton
释义	‖ polyptoton Rhet.|pɒlɪpˈtəʊtɒn| [L., a. Gr. πολύπτωτον adj. neut.: see prec.] A rhetorical figure consisting in the repetition of a word in different cases or inflexions in the same sentence. 1586A. Day Eng. Secretary ii. (1625) 86 Polyptoton or Traductio, when one word is often repeated by variety of cases.1588Fraunce Lawiers Log. 50 b.1654Trapp Comm. Hosea x. 1 A dainty agnomination, and a double polyptôton.a1679Hobbes Rhet. iv. vi. (1681) 151 [Repetition of sounds] unlike:..a small changing of the end or case, as Polyptoton.

　

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