SYMPLOCE Definition & Meaning

symploce

[ sim-ploh-see ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Rhetoric.

the simultaneous use of anaphora and epistrophe.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of symploce¹

1570–80; < New Latin ��⳾��ǳ�ŧ < Greek ��⳾��ǰ�ḗ intertwining, combination, equivalent to sym- sym- + ��ǰ�ḗ, noun derivative of ��é��𾱲� to plait, twine; akin to Latin plectere ( -plex )

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

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