Nothing Special   »   [go: up one dir, main page]
Fine Dictionary

epanodos

WordNet
  1. (n) epanodos
    repetition of a group of words in reverse order
  2. (n) epanodos
    recapitulation of the main ideas of a speech (especially in reverse order)
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) epanodos
    In rhetoric: Recapitulation of the chief points or heads in a discourse; enumeration; especially, recapitulation of the principal points in an order the reverse of that in which they were previously treated, recurring to the last point first, and so returning toward the earlier topics or arguments.
  2. (n) epanodos
    Repetition of names or topics singly, with further discussion or characterization of each, after having at first merely mentioned or enumerated them.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Epanodos
    e-pan′ō-dos recapitulation of the chief points in a discourse.
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary L., fr. Gr. a rising, return; 'epi` + a way up, rising; up + way

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Gr.