Noun: polyptoton
| Singular | polyptoton |
| Plural | polyptota; polyptotons |
Sample Sentences
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A Polyptoton still the same word places,
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If sense require it, in two different cases. [1835, L[arret] Langley, “[Rhetorical Turns.] Polyptoton.”, in A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster, South Yorkshire: […] C. White, […], →OCLC, page 84:]
Nouns inflected like polyptoton
periuranion,
tetradrachmon,
elementary cellular automaton,
paregmenon,
pyramidion,
trisagion,
rhombicuboctahedron,
nychthemeron,
monohedron,
subtaxon,
enneadecahedron,
pseudorhombicuboctahedron,
hexakisoctahedron,
tetrahedron,
polyptoton,
hexaemeron,
hexadecahedron,
aphelion,
hexahedron,
snub dodecahedron, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Via Latin, from Ancient Greek πολύπτωτον (polúptōton), neuter of πολύπτωτος (polúptōtos, “having many cases”), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + πίπτω (píptō, “to fall”).