palilogia

English

Noun

palilogia

  1. (rhetoric) Deliberate repetition of a word or a phrase for the sake of emphasis.
    • 1970, Macdonald Critchley, Aphasiology and other aspects of language‎:
      First, there is palilogia, which is an idiosyncrasy of certain rhetoricians and public speakers who deliberately repeat a word or phrase or sentence for the sake of emphasis.

Italian

Etymology

From pali- +‎ -logia.

Noun

palilogia f (plural palilogie)

  1. palilogy (repetition of a word for rhetorical effect)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παλιλογία (palilogía, “palilogy”).

Pronunciation

Noun

palilogia f (genitive palilogiae); first declension

  1. palilogy

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative palilogia palilogiae
Genitive palilogiae palilogiārum
Dative palilogiae palilogiīs
Accusative palilogiam palilogiās
Ablative palilogiā palilogiīs
Vocative palilogia palilogiae

Descendants
  • English: palilogy

References
  • “palilogia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • palilogia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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