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  • noun (Rhet.) A figure in which the several parts of a sentence end with the same case, or inflection generally.

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  • noun rhetoric A rhetorical figure in which the several parts of a sentence end with the same case, or inflection generally.

Etymologies

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From Ancient Greek in a like case.

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