Épistrophe

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• Epistrophe — eligans …   Википедия

• Epistrophe — Epistrophe, also known as epiphora (and occasionally as antistrophe ), is a figure of speech and the counterpart of anaphora. It is the repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences. It is an… …   Wikipedia

• Epistrophe — (insecte) Epistrophe …   Wikipédia en Français

• epistrophe — 1640s, from L.L. epistrophe, from Gk. epistrophe a turning about, from epi “upon” (see EPI (Cf. epi )) + strophe “a turning” (see STROPHE (Cf. strophe)) …   Etymology dictionary

• Epistrophe — E*pis tro*phe, n. [L., from Gr. ? a turning toward, return, fr. ? to turn toward; epi upon, to + ? to turn.] (Rhet.) A figure in which successive clauses end with the same word or affirmation; e. g., Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Epistrŏphe — (gr.), 1) Schwenkung einer Truppe nach der Rechten u. Linken zugleich, s. Anastrophe; 2) (Gramm.), so v.w. Epiphora; 3) (Med.), Recidiv einer Krankheit, bes. spät eintretendes …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

• Epistrophe — (griech.), s. Epiphora …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

• Epistrophe — Epistrophe, griech., Wendung, Rückkehr; in der Rhetorik Figur, die Wiederholung desselben Wortes am Ende mehrer Sätze …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

• epistrophe — noun Etymology: Greek epistrophē, literally, turning about, from epi + strophē turning more at strophe Date: circa 1584 repetition of a word or expression at the end of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses especially for rhetorical… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• epistrophe — /i pis treuh fee/, n. 1. Also called epiphora. Rhet. the repetition of a word or words at the end of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences, as in I should do Brutus wrong, and Cassius wrong. ... Cf. anaphora (def. 1). 2.… …   Universalium