epanodos

[ ih-pan-uh-dos ]

noun

, Rhetoric.

1. the repetition of a group of words in reverse order.
2. the recapitulation of the main ideas of a speech, especially in the reverse order.
3. the resumption of the main thread of a speech after a digression.

Word History and Origins

Origin of epanodos¹

1580–90; < Greek epánodos recapitulation, rising, return, equivalent to ep- ep- + an ( a )- ana- + ( h ) odós way, road, path