homoioteleuton

English

Noun

homoioteleuton (plural homoioteleutons or homoioteleuta)

  1. Alternative form of homeoteleuton

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὁμοιοτέλευτον (homoiotéleuton).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xɔ.mɔ.i.ɔ.tɛˈlɛw.tɔn/
  • Rhymes: -ɛwtɔn
  • Syllabification: ho‧mo‧i‧o‧te‧leu‧ton

Noun

homoioteleuton m inan

  1. (rhetoric) homeoteleuton (repetition of endings in words)
  2. homeoteleuton (accidental omission, when copying a text, of a passage between repeated words or phrases, as the eye skips from one to the next without noticing the words between)

Declension

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