epistrophe

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin epistrophē, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐπιστροφή (epistrophḗ). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪˈpɪstrəfi/ Hyphenation: e‧pis‧tro‧phe === Noun === epistrophe (countable and uncountable, plural epistrophes) (rhetoric) The repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences. Synonyms: epiphora, antistrophe Antonym: anaphora (botany) An arrangement of chlorophyll grains on the outer surface of plant cells, as opposed to apostrophe (an arrangement at right angles to the surface). === See also === anadiplosis refrain === References === === Further reading === epistrophe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπιστροφή (epistrophḗ). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛˈpɪs.trɔ.pʰeː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈpis.tro.fe] === Noun === epistrophē f (genitive epistrophēs); first declension (rhetoric) a returning ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē). === References === “epistrophe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “epistrophe”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.