"polyptoton" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌpɑ.ləpˈtoʊ.tɑn/ [US] Audio: en-us-polyptoton.ogg [US] Forms: polyptota [plural], polyptotons [plural]
Etymology: Via Latin, from Ancient Greek πολύπτωτον (polúptōton), neuter of πολύπτωτος (polúptōtos, “having many cases”), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + πίπτω (píptō, “I fall”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin, {{uder|en|grc|πολύπτωτον|}} Ancient Greek πολύπτωτον (polúptōton), {{m|grc|πολύπτωτος||having many cases}} πολύπτωτος (polúptōtos, “having many cases”), {{m|grc|πολύς||many}} πολύς (polús, “many”), {{m|grc|πίπτω||I fall}} πίπτω (píptō, “I fall”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|polyptota|s}} polyptoton (countable and uncountable, plural polyptota or polyptotons)
  1. (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. Wikipedia link: William Shakespeare, polyptoton Tags: countable, rhetoric, uncountable Categories (topical): Rhetoric Related terms: antanaclasis, figura etymologica (english: compare the Wikipedia article), cognate accusative Translations (stylistic scheme in which words from the same root are used together, or a word is repeated in a different inflection or case): polyptoton [neuter] (Czech), polyptoton (Finnish), polyptote [masculine] (French), Polyptoton [neuter] (German), poliptoto [masculine] (Italian), poliptoto [masculine] (Portuguese), полиптотон (poliptoton) [masculine] (Russian), многопаде́жие (mnogopadéžije) [neuter] (Russian), políptoton [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-polyptoton-en-noun-MuvdVs6A Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations

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