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語源

From Latin epiphonema, from Ancient Greek ἐπιφώνημα (epiphṓnēma), from ἐπιφωνείν (epiphōneín, “call to”).

発音

• IPA: /ˌɛpɪfəˈniːmə/

名詞

epiphonema (plural epiphonemas or epiphonemata)

1. (rhetoric) An exclamation or reflection used to summarise or round off an argument or discourse.
   • 1759, [Laurence Sterne], chapter XIX, in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, 2nd (1st London) edition, volume I, London: […] R[obert] and J[ames] Dodsley […], published 1760, →OCLC, page 126:

     he would ſometimes break off in a ſudden and ſpirited Epiphonema, or rather Erotesis, raiſed a third, and ſometimes a full fifth, above the key of the diſcourſe, […]

   • 1835, L[arret] Langley, “[Rhetorical Figures.] Epiphonema.”, in A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster, South Yorkshire: […] C. White, […], →OCLC, page 69:

     Epiphonema, for a final clause,
     An inference strong by sudden impulse draws.