epana-
before stems beginning with a vowel epan-, a combination of two Greek prepositions ἐπ(ί) upon, in addition + ἀνά up, again, occurring in some rhetorical terms, adopted from Greek. eˌpanadiˈplosis [Gr. δίπλωσις a doubling; cf. anadiplosis], (see quots.). ˌepanaˈlepsis [Gr. λῆψις a taking, f. ληβ-; cf. analepsy], a figure by which the same word or clause is repeated after intervening matter; so epanaleptic (-ˈlɛptɪk) a. [Gr. ἐπαναληπτικός], characterized by epanalepsis or repetition of a word or phrase; also as n., such repetition. epaˈnaphora [Gr. ϕορά a carrying] = anaphora. epaˈnaphoral a., characterized by epanaphora. epaˈnastrophe [Gr. στροϕή turning; cf. anastrophe], a figure by which the end-word of one sentence becomes the first word of the next. eˈpanodos, also erron. 6 epanodis, 7, 9 epanados [Gr. ὁδός way; cf. anode], (a) the repetition of a sentence in an inverse order; (b) a return to the regular thread of discourse after a digression. ˌepanorˈthosis [Gr. ὄρθωσις a setting straight, f. ὀρθόειν, f. ὀρθός straight], a figure in which a word is recalled, in order to substitute a more correct or stronger term. Hence ˌepanorˈthotic a.
| 1678 Phillips, *Epanadiplosis..a Rhetorical figure wherein a sentence begins and ends with the same word; as Severe to his servants, to his children severe. 1736 Bailey, Epanadiplosis..In Latin this figure is called Inclusio. 1847 Craig, Epanadiplosis. |
| 1584 D. Fenner Artes Logike & Rethorike sig. D3v, *Epanalepsis, which signifieth to take backe. 1589 Puttenham Eng. Poesie iii. xix. (Arb.) 210 Epanalepsis, or the Eccho sound..Much must he be beloued, that loueth much. a 1619 M. Fotherby Atheom. (1622) Pref. 10 A Poeticall Epanalepsis or reduplication. 1736 Bailey, Epanalepsis, a repetition. 1847 Craig, Epanalepsis. |
| 1927 F. J. E. Raby Hist. Chr. Latin Poetry iii. 96 Luxorius..shows a vicious taste for the cento and for *epanaleptic verses. 1956 Auden Old Man's Road, The language they loved was coming to grief, Expiring in preposterous mechanical tricks, epanaleptics, rhopalics, anacyclic acrostics. |
| 1678 Phillips, *Epanaphora, a figure in which the same word begins several sentences. 1864 Webster, Epanaphora. |
| 1906 Athenæum 10 Mar. 303/2 Under cover of all this *epanaphoral fury..Mr. Campbell has in more than one instance shifted his ground. |
| 1864 Webster, *Epanastrophe. |
| 1589 Puttenham Eng. Poesie iii. xix. (Arb.) 229 *Epanodis, or the figure of Retire. a 1679 Hobbes Rhet. (1840) 523 Epanados..signifies the turning to the same tune. 1812 Knox & Jebb Corr. II. 79 The epanodos, or..speaking first, to the latter of two propositions; afterwards, to the former. 1847 Craig, Epanodos..a rhetorical figure, when a sentence or member is inverted, or repeated backward. |
| 1579 E. K. Gloss. Spenser's Sheph. Cal. Jan. 61 A prety *Epanorthosis in these two verses. 1672 H. More Brief Reply 172 By a seasonable Epanorthosis he straightway adds, etc. 1736 Bailey, Epanorthosis. 1847 Craig, Epanorthosis. |