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alguien commented on the word polypopton
I can't find this word anywhere. It's not even on Google. Is it spelled right?
March 29, 2007
bkerr commented on the word polypopton
"It's not even on Google" -- better try the library then.
Polypopton is a figure of speech involving repeated words derived from the same root; try Corbett, Edward 'Classical rhetoric for the modern student' Oxford University Press 1971. I don't know how long the term has been around, but that's the earliest of (two) references I have that use the word. It's not common, probably since it sounds so funny -- prime wordie fodder.
March 29, 2007
seanahan commented on the word polypopton
Polyptoton is the accepted pronunciation.
March 29, 2007
oroboros commented on the word polypopton
You meant spelling, right?
March 29, 2007
seanahan commented on the word polypopton
Yes, indeed I did.
April 2, 2007