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Epanodos


E-pan′o-dos

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Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK] a rising, return;
ἐπί
+ [GREEK] a way up, rising; [GREEK] up + [GREEK] way.]
(Rhet.)
A figure of speech in which the parts of a sentence or clause are repeated in inverse order
, as in the following: –
O more exceeding love, or law more just?
Just law, indeed, but more exceeding love!
Milton.

Definition 2024


epanodos

epanodos

English

Noun

epanodos (plural epanodoses)

  1. (rhetoric) Repetition of a sequence of words or phrases in reverse order.