tautological

TAUTOLOGICAL

idem verbum aut eundem sermonem iterans.

tautological, tautology: no exact word. (Mart. Cap. 5, 175, has tautŏlŏgia, which Quint. 8, 3, 50 writes as a Greek word, and defines to be ejusdem verbi aut sermonis iteratio.) Expr. by congeries verborum ac sententiarum idem significantium, Quint. 8, 4, 26: to be t., perh. verba inaniter accumulare, after Gell. 17, 10, ad fin.