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polyptoton

NOUN
  1. repetition of a word in a different case or inflection in the same sentence
    My own heart's heart

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  • _penna_ vs. _pinna_, 28, 203 pentameter endings trisyllabic, 294 quadrisyllabic, 164-166 pentasyllabic, 181-182 perfect subjunctive vs. future perfect indicative forms, 215 polyptoton, Ovid's use of, 278, 378 The Last Poems of Ovid
  • I'm sitting here trying to decide whether a particular specimen of paronomasia is to be considered polyptoton or antanaclasis. Archive 2008-02-01
  • I'm sitting here trying to decide whether a particular specimen of paronomasia is to be considered polyptoton or antanaclasis. I love the classical roots of education, but...
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