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isocolon en · NOUN

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἰσόκωλον (isókōlon), neuter of ἰσόκωλος (isókōlos), from ἴσος (ísos, “equal”) and κῶλον (kôlon, “member, clause”). By surface analysis, iso- + colon.

Meanings

  1. (rhetoric) A rhetorical scheme in which parallel elements possess the same number of words or syllables.

Forms

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isocola Number=Plur lexicographic
isocolons Number=Plur lexicographic