‖ paromœon Gram.
(pærəʊˈmiːɒn)
[mod.L., a. Gr. παρόµοιον, neuter of παρόµοιος closely resembling, f. παρ(α- para-1 + ὅµοιος like.]
The beginning of two or more words in a sentence with the same letter; alliteration.
| 1706 Phillips, Paromœon, a Figure in Grammar when all the Words of a Sentence begin alike, or with the same Letter; as O Tite, tute, Tati, tibi tanta Tyranne tulisti. 1793 J. Hely tr. O'Flaherty's Ogygia II. 74 In every fourth part of a distich, there should be a paromæon of two words. |