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By the way, is it just me, or does Polyptoton sound like the name of a Spinal Tap album?
Archive 2008-02-01 Prof. de Breeze 2008
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By the way, is it just me, or does Polyptoton sound like the name of a Spinal Tap album?
I love the classical roots of education, but... Prof. de Breeze 2008
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Mar. 13, 1895; P. William Eugene and Martha Hamilton (Dodge); French teacher in high schs. 1917 -; author: Polyptoton in the Hexameters of Ovid, Lucretius and Vergil; Some Unprescribed Readings in French 1923.
Alumni History of the University of North Carolina 1793-1962 1924
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This is the figure of Polyptoton, and is used for emphasis.
Commentary on Revelation 1837-1913 1909
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Honyera, 1981) and "Prophets in the Black Sky" (Polyptoton, 1986).
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