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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EPISTROPHE

New Latin, from Greek, from epi- + strophē a turning.
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PRONUNCIATION OF EPISTROPHE

epistrophe  [ɪˈpɪstrəfɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EPISTROPHE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Epistrophe is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES EPISTROPHE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Epistrophe

Epistrophe is the repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences. It is also known as epiphora and occasionally as antistrophe. It is a figure of speech and the counterpart of anaphora. It is an extremely emphatic device because of the emphasis placed on the last word in a phrase or sentence.

Definition of epistrophe in the English dictionary

The definition of epistrophe in the dictionary is repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EPISTROPHE


amyotrophy
ˌæmɪˈɒtrəfɪ
anastrophe
əˈnæstrəfɪ
antistrophe
ænˈtɪstrəfɪ
apostrophe
əˈpɒstrəfɪ
atrophy
ˈætrəfɪ
cacotrophy
kæˈkɒtrəfɪ
catastrophe
kəˈtæstrəfɪ
dystrophy
ˈdɪstrəfɪ
ecocatastrophe
ˌiːkəʊkəˈtæstrəfɪ
eutrophy
ˈjuːtrəfɪ
exstrophy
ˈɛkstrəfɪ
heterostrophy
hetəˈrɒstrəfɪ
heterotrophy
ˌhɛtəˈrɒtrəfɪ
hypertrophy
haɪˈpɜːtrəfɪ
hypostrophe
haɪˈpɒstrəfɪ
leukodystrophy
ˌluːkəʊˈdɪstrəfɪ
lipodystrophy
ˌlɪpəʊˈdɪstrəfɪ
monostrophe
mɒˈnɒstrəfɪ
oligotrophy
ˌɒlɪˈɡɒtrəfɪ
paedotrophy
piːˈdɒtrəfɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EPISTROPHE

episternum
epistilbite
epistle
Epistle of Jude
Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Titus
epistler
Epistles of Paul the Apostle to Timothy
epistolarian
epistolary
epistolatory
epistoler
epistolet
epistolic
epistolical
epistolise
epistolist
epistolize
epistolography
epistome
epistyle

WORDS THAT END LIKE EPISTROPHE

acalephe
all the
apache
Arc de Triomphe
bathyscaphe
breathe
cache
Christophe
coryphe
fiche
he
limitrophe
Marche
mesoscaphe
microfiche
philosophe
raphe
she
strophe
the

Synonyms and antonyms of epistrophe in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «epistrophe» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EPISTROPHE

Find out the translation of epistrophe to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of epistrophe from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «epistrophe» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

epistrophe
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

epistrophe
570 millions of speakers

English

epistrophe
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

epistrophe
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

epistrophe
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

эпистрофа
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

epistrophe
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

epistrophe
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

epistrophe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Epistrophe
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Epistrophe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

epistrophe
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

epistrophe
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Epistrophe
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

epistrophe
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

epistrophe
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एपिस्ट्रोफी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

epistrophe
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

epistrophe
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

epistrophe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

епістрофей
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

epistrofe
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

epistrophe
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

epistrophe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

epistrophe
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

epistrophe
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of epistrophe

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EPISTROPHE»

The term «epistrophe» is normally little used and occupies the 140.854 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EPISTROPHE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «epistrophe» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «epistrophe» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about epistrophe

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EPISTROPHE»

Discover the use of epistrophe in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to epistrophe and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Musica Poetica: Musical-Rhetorical Figures in German Baroque ...
Epistrophe is first mentioned by Ahle, and becomes the preferred term for the musical figure in the eighteenth century. Only Walther lists both epistrophe as well as epiphora as names for the figure. While Ahle's and Walther's definitions focus ...
Dietrich Bartel
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Britain's Hoverflies: An Introduction to the Hoverflies of ...
NOSAJJMAMFJ D Wing length: 7·25–9·75 mm Identification: A banded Epistrophe with black antennae is either this species or E. grossulariae, although E. diaphana has yellow front femora (partly black in E. grossulariae). Additional features ...
Stuart Ball, S. G. Ball, Roger Morris, 2013
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The Craft of Lyric Writing
EPISTROPHE. The repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive lines or verses for rhetorical effect is called epistrophe (e- PlS-tro-fee). It is the reverse of anaphora. Howard Dietz used the device effectively in the theater song  ...
Sheila Davis, 1985
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Reality and Mystical Experience
He seeks to explain "how the unknown God always remains supereminently identical with himself (mone), while overflowing into differentiation in his effects ( proodos) in order eventually to regain identity by reversion (epistrophe)" (McGinn  ...
F. Samuel Brainard, 2008
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Augustine Through the Ages: An Encyclopedia
This apparent variety of meanings on both the material and spiritual levels stems from the conceptual content of the Greek words epistrephein and epistrophe from which the Latin term is derived. Words formed from the stem strepho indicate ...
Allan Fitzgerald, John C. Cavadini, 1999
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Farnsworth's Classical English Rhetoric
Repetition. at. the. End: Epistrophe. The most memorable moment – actually the only memorable moment –of the 1988 vice-presidentialdebate came when Dan Quayle, a young candidate for the office, suggested that he had as much ...
Ward Farnsworth, 2011
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The Cambridge History of Later Greek and Early Medieval ...
The triad, Wisdom-Power-Peace, appropriately sums up the discourse on the Cataphatic Theology by showing that even within its own limits it reflects the universal rhythm of mone, proodos, epistrophe: God is Wisdom because in him as the ...
A. H. Armstrong, 1967
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Greek Philosophical Terms: A Historical Lexicon
Plotinus has a similar definition (Enn. i, 6, 6), but relates it to a purification preparatory to the "return" ( epistrophe ) ; see katharsis. sperma: seed See stoicheion, pneuma, noesis 16. spoudaios: serious man See ergon. steresis: privation ...
Francis E. Peters, 1967
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Witch School Second Degree: Lessons in the Correllian Tradition
But the goddess became bored and began to hurry her work, so some of the later people came out very flawed as a result. proodos and epistrophe—In Neopla- tonic thought, proodos and epistrophe are the currents of the universe, roughly ...
Donald Lewis-Highcorrell, 2008
10
The God Who Is Beauty: Beauty as a Divine Name in Thomas ...
In its anagogical power, expressed especially in Dionysian symbolism, beauty accounts for the reversion of an entity back to its source (epistrophe).26 To bring the preceding together more concisely, beauty as a divine name identifies God ...
Brendan Thomas Sammon, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EPISTROPHE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term epistrophe is used in the context of the following news items.
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The rhetorical tools used in Obama's powerful Charleston address
Systrophe, antithesis, anaphora, epistrophe, symploce, zeugma, alliteration, syntheton, apostrophe . . . In a speech lasting a little over half an ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
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When Peter Walsh's rap career bottomed out, he turned to analysis.
... for rhyming “Nigga” with “Nigga” (though if critics wanted, they could interpret that recurring word at the end of the line as 'epistrophe').[3] This ... «Honi Soit, May 15»
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REVIEW: PUBLIQuartet takes chamber music daring new places at …
In many ways, the quartet's own 2014 composition “Epistrophe” was the program's centerpiece. Structured around improvisations on ... «Allentown Morning Call, May 15»
4
Weather and wordplay
... phrases or words), anastrophe (the inversion of the natural or usual word order) or epistrophe (repetition of the same word or group of words ... «The Telegram, Apr 15»
5
In many words
... Accismus, Allusion, Bombast, Caesura, Digression, Deixes, Epithet, Equivocation, Epimone, Epistrophe, Homiologia, Hyperbole, Hendiadys, ... «The Hindu, Apr 15»
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Wilbers: Reading will make you a better writer and a better person
(Repetition at the end of successive phrases is a figurative scheme called epistrophe. Aristotle and Plato taught it, and Abraham Lincoln used it ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jan 15»
7
Wilbers: Repeating yourself can be an effective stylistic device
The following verse from Corinthians is a memorable example of epistrophe: “When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Apr 14»
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Great orators do not fear repetition
Epistrophe is upside-down anaphora, in which the repeated element comes at the end. I love Bruce Springsteen. I worship Bruce Springsteen. «Financial Times, Apr 14»
9
100 best books for Christmas
Do you know the difference between epizeuxis and an epistrophe? Can you tell your syllepsis from your bdelygmia? Didn't think so. From the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 13»
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What's notable about 'a lovely little old rectangular green French …
... like Peter Simple's fantasy 'apodosis turner in the conditional clause shed', to produce a smooth example of epizeuxis or epistrophe will not, ... «Spectator.co.uk, Nov 13»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Epistrophe [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/epistrophe>. May 2024 ».
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