polyptoton

pŏlyptōton, i, n., = πολύπτωτον,

• a figure of speech, when several cases of the same word stand together, as homo homini, Mart. Cap. 5, § 535.

polyptōton, ī, n. (πολύπτωτον), die Häufung mehrerer Kasus desselben Wortes, Charis. 282, 14. Diom. 447, 20. Beda de trop. p. 610, 36 ed. Halm. (griech. bei Aquil. Rom. de fig. sent. § 37. Mart. Cap. 5, § 535): rein lat. multiplicatum, Auct. carm. de fig. 106. p. 67 ed. Halm.

polyptoton [LL < πολύπτωτον] , (rhet.) repetition of a word in different cases in the same sentence. ~on est cum diversis casibus variatur oratio, ut Apostolus, ‘quoniam ex ipso et per ipsum et in ipso sunt omnia’ Bede ST 150; ‘jam clipeus clipeis, umbone repellitur umbo / ense minax ensis, pede pes et cuspide cuspis’ hic modus in figuris poliptoton appellatur Gerv. Melkley AV 15.

pŏlyptōtŏn, ī, n. (πολύπτωτον), polyptote [fig. de rhét.] : Capel. 5, 535.