ὁμοιοτέλευτον

Revision as of 15:08, 13 November 2024 by Spiros (talk | contribs)

English (LSJ)

τὸ, near rhyme, the like ending of two or more clauses or verses, Id.Rh.1410b1, Phld.Rh.1.162 S., D.S.12.53 (pl.): ὁμοιοτέλευτα (sc. κῶλα) Demetr.Eloc. 26; ὁμοιοτέλευτον διάνοιαν κατακλίνειν = end a sentence with ὁμοιοτέλευτον, S.E. M.2.57.

Wikipedia EN

Homeoteleuton, also spelled homoeoteleuton and homoioteleuton (from the Greek ὁμοιοτέλευτον, homoioteleuton, "like ending"), is the repetition of endings in words. Homeoteleuton is also known as near rhyme.

Homeoteleuton (homoioteleuton) was first identified by Aristotle in his Rhetoric, where he identifies it as two lines of verse which end with words having the same ending. He uses the example of:

ᾦηθησαν αὐτὸν παίδιον τετοκέναι
ἀλλ' αὐτοῦ αἴτιον γεγονέναι

they thought that he was the father of a child,
but that he was the cause of it (1410a20)