polyptotonn.

Brit.

/ˌpɒlᵻpˈtəʊtɒn/, U.S.

/ˌpɑlᵻpˈtoʊˌtɑn/

Forms: Old English 1500s– polyptoton, 1500s polyploton (transmission error), 1600s polyptôton.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin polyptoton.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin polyptoton (4th cent.; in classical Latin as a Greek word) < Hellenistic Greek πολύπτωτον , use as noun of neuter of πολύπτωτος , adjective (see polyptote n.).The word was reborrowed in the 16th cent.

Rhetoric.

A rhetorical figure involving the repetition of a word in different cases or inflections within the same sentence.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > repetition > of same word in different cases or inflections

polyptotonOE

traductio1577

tranlacer1589

polyptote1671

OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) iii. iii. 168 Polyptoton ys þæt feowerteoðe hiw, and hyt ys þus to undergitanne: nam polon multum dicitur, toton þæt ys casuale. Þis hiw ys polyptoton: ‘Quoniam ex ipso, et per ipsum, et in ipso sunt omnia, ipsi gloria in secula seculorum.’

1577 H. Peacham Garden of Eloquence sig. Iiiii This fygure [sc. traductio] the Poets cal Polyploton [read Polyptoton], and some call it Tantologia [sic].

1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike i. xii. f. 50^v A Rhetoricall figure, called Polyptoton, which concerneth the elegancie that is in the..terminations of woords.

1654 J. Trapp Comm. Minor Prophets (Hosea x. 1) A dainty agnomination, and a double polyptôton.

a1679 T. Hobbes Art of Rhetoric (1681) iv. vi. 151 [Repetition of sounds] Unlike A small changing of the name, as Paronomasia. A small changing of the end or case, as Polypto:on.

1733 J. Stirling Syst. Rhetoric 4 A Polyptoton still the same Word places, If Sense requires it, in two diff'rent Cases.

1848 Southern Q. Rev. Oct. 383 There is a majestic brevity in the first part of this line, but in the latter clause a redundancy called polyptoton, which diminishes its force.

1930 Harvard Stud. Classical Philol. 41 82 I mention here anaphora,—the repetition of a word at the beginning of successive clauses, and polyptoton,—the repetition in a short space of different forms of the same word.

1998 Rev. Eng. Stud. 49 177 The polyptoton on ‘rest’ which then rhymes on ‘best’, ‘the nights rest is no rest for that I rest not where I shoold be best pleased’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	polyptoton
释义	polyptotonn. Brit. /ˌpɒlᵻpˈtəʊtɒn/, U.S. /ˌpɑlᵻpˈtoʊˌtɑn/ Forms: Old English 1500s– polyptoton, 1500s polyploton (transmission error), 1600s polyptôton. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin polyptoton. Etymology: < post-classical Latin polyptoton (4th cent.; in classical Latin as a Greek word) < Hellenistic Greek πολύπτωτον , use as noun of neuter of πολύπτωτος , adjective (see polyptote n.).The word was reborrowed in the 16th cent. Rhetoric. A rhetorical figure involving the repetition of a word in different cases or inflections within the same sentence. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > repetition > of same word in different cases or inflections polyptotonOE traductio1577 tranlacer1589 polyptote1671 OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) iii. iii. 168 Polyptoton ys þæt feowerteoðe hiw, and hyt ys þus to undergitanne: nam polon multum dicitur, toton þæt ys casuale. Þis hiw ys polyptoton: ‘Quoniam ex ipso, et per ipsum, et in ipso sunt omnia, ipsi gloria in secula seculorum.’ 1577 H. Peacham Garden of Eloquence sig. Iiiii This fygure [sc. traductio] the Poets cal Polyploton [read Polyptoton], and some call it Tantologia [sic]. 1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike i. xii. f. 50^v A Rhetoricall figure, called Polyptoton, which concerneth the elegancie that is in the..terminations of woords. 1654 J. Trapp Comm. Minor Prophets (Hosea x. 1) A dainty agnomination, and a double polyptôton. a1679 T. Hobbes Art of Rhetoric (1681) iv. vi. 151 [Repetition of sounds] Unlike A small changing of the name, as Paronomasia. A small changing of the end or case, as Polypto:on. 1733 J. Stirling Syst. Rhetoric 4 A Polyptoton still the same Word places, If Sense requires it, in two diff'rent Cases. 1848 Southern Q. Rev. Oct. 383 There is a majestic brevity in the first part of this line, but in the latter clause a redundancy called polyptoton, which diminishes its force. 1930 Harvard Stud. Classical Philol. 41 82 I mention here anaphora,—the repetition of a word at the beginning of successive clauses, and polyptoton,—the repetition in a short space of different forms of the same word. 1998 Rev. Eng. Stud. 49 177 The polyptoton on ‘rest’ which then rhymes on ‘best’, ‘the nights rest is no rest for that I rest not where I shoold be best pleased’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.OE
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