symploce

[ sim-ploh-see ]

noun

, Rhetoric.

1. the simultaneous use of anaphora and epistrophe.

Word History and Origins

Origin of symploce¹

1570–80; < New Latin symplocē < Greek symplokḗ intertwining, combination, equivalent to sym- sym- + plokḗ, noun derivative of plékein to plait, twine; akin to Latin plectere ( -plex )

Example Sentences

The Greek apparatus of rhetoric is a brilliantly elaborate armamentarium of speechmakers' devices�synecdoche, syllepsis, symploce and so on.

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