symploce

American

[sim-ploh-see] / ˈsɪm ploʊ si /

noun

Rhetoric.

the simultaneous use of anaphora and epistrophe.

Etymology

Origin of symploce

1570–80; < New Latin symplocē < Greek symplokḗ intertwining, combination, equivalent to sym- sym- + plokḗ, noun derivative of plékein to plait, twine; akin to Latin plectere ( see -plex)

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Rhetoric

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The Greek apparatus of rhetoric is a brilliantly elaborate armamentarium of speechmakers' devices�synecdoche, syllepsis, symploce and so on.

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