polyptoton

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Definition of polyptoton in English English dictionary

A stylistic scheme in which words from the same root are used together, or a word is repeated in a different inflection or case

" repetition of a word in a different case or inflection in the same sentence; "My own heart's heart

A figure by which a word is repeated in different forms, cases, numbers, genders, etc

A stylistic scheme in which a word is repeated in a different inflection or case

as in Tennyson's line, "My own heart's heart, and ownest own, farewell

repetition of a word in a different case or inflection in the same sentence; "My own heart's heart

Etymology

() Via Latin, from Ancient Greek πολύπτωτον (poluptōton), neuter of πολύπτωτος (poluptōtos, “having many cases”), from πολύς (polus, “many”) + πίπτω (piptō, “I fall”).