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Definition of Epanodos
1. Noun. Recapitulation of the main ideas of a speech (especially in reverse order).
2. Noun. Repetition of a group of words in reverse order.
Definition of Epanodos
1. n. A figure of speech in which the parts of a sentence or clause are repeated in inverse order
Definition of Epanodos
1. Noun. (rhetoric) Repetition of a sequence of word or phrases in reverse order ¹
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Definition of Epanodos
1. a recapitulation of the chief points [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Epanodos
Literary usage of Epanodos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sacred Literature: Comprising a Review of the Principles of Composition Laid by John Jebb (1820)
"And the justice of this explanation was, I trust, sufficiently established by
examples of epanodos, derived both from the Scriptures of the Old Testament, ..."
2. An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures by Thomas Hartwell Horne (1852)
"1 Having established the justice of this explanation by examples of epanodos,
derived from the Scriptures, as well as from the best classic authors, ..."
3. Quintilian's Institutes of Oratory: Or, Education of an Orator by Quintilian (1876)
"Parenthesis and apostrophe, 22—26. Effect of figures on the hearer, 27.
Emphatical repetition of words, 28—34. epanodos or regression, 35, 36. ..."
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