polyptotonとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Via Latin, from Ancient Greek πολύπτωτον (polúptōton), neuter of πολύπτωτος (polúptōtos, “having many cases”), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + πίπτω (píptō, “I fall”).

発音

• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˌpɑ.ləpˈtoʊ.tɑn/

名詞

polyptoton (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 polyptota または polyptotons)

1. (rhetoric) A stylistic scheme in which words from the same root are used together, or a word is repeated in a different inflection or case.
   • [1835, L[arret] Langley, A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster: Printed by C. White, Baxter-Gate, OCLC 1062248511, page 84:

     A Polyptoton still the same word places,
     If sense require it, in two different cases.]

   Hypernym: ploce

参考

• antanaclasis
• figura etymologica (compare the Wikipedia article)
• cognate accusative
• Category:English cognate expressions