polyptoton

Via Latin, from Ancient Greek πολύπτωτον (polúptōton), neuter of πολύπτωτος (polúptōtos, “having many cases”), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + πίπτω (píptō, “I fall”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌpɑ.ləpˈtoʊ.tɑn/

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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.

   Hypernym: ploce

   • 1835, L[arret] Langley, “[Rhetorical Turns.] Polyptoton.”, in A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster, South Yorkshire: […] C. White, […], →OCLC, page 84:

     A Polyptoton still the same word places,
     If sense require it, in two different cases.

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