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‖ symploce Rhet.|ˈsɪmpləsiː|
Also 6 -che; symploke |-əkiː|.
[Late L. symplocē, a. Gr. συµπλοκή an interweaving, f. σύν sym- + πλέκειν (see symplectic). Cf. F. symploque, symploce.]
A figure consisting in the repetition of one word or phrase at the beginning, and of another at the end, of successive clauses or sentences; a combination of anaphora and epistrophe.
1577Peacham Gard. Eloquence I j b, Symploce,..comprysing..both Epanaphora and also Epiphora. 1589Puttenham Engl. Poesie iii. xix. (Arb.) 209 Take me the two former figures and put them into one, and it is that which the Greekes call symploche, the Latines complexio, or conduplicatio, and is a maner of repetition, when one and the selfe word doth begin and end many verses in sute. a1679Hobbes Rhet. iv. v. (1681) 150 When both of these [sc. anaphora and epistrophe] are joyned together, it is called a coupling or Symploce [mispr. symplote]. 1952J. D. Denniston Gr. Prose Style v. 90 Occasionally repetition occurs both at beginning and at end of clause, anaphora being combined with antistrophe. This is the figure known as symploke. |