epistrophe
[ ih-pis-truh-fee ]
/ ɪˈpɪs trə fi /
noun
Also called epiphora. Rhetoric.
the repetition of a word or words at the end of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences, as in “I should do Brutus wrong, and Cassius wrong. …”
Compare anaphora(def 1).
Neoplatonism.
the realization by an intellect of its remoteness from the One.
Words nearby epistrophe
epistolary novel,
epistoler,
epistolic,
epistolize,
epistolography,
epistrophe,
epistropheus,
epistyle,
episyllogism,
epit.,
epitaph
British Dictionary definitions for epistrophe
epistrophe
/ (ɪˈpɪstrəfɪ) /
noun
rhetoric
repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences
Word Origin for epistrophe
C17: New Latin, from Greek, from
epi- +
strophē a turning