Figure Name | epidigesis |
Source | Bullinger (1898) ("epidiegesis; or, re-statement") |
Earliest Source | None |
Synonyms | re-statement |
Etymology | Gr. epi "upon" and dieegeesis "the statment of a case" (from dieegomai "to describe" or "narrate in detail") |
Type | None |
Linguistic Domain | |
Definition |
1. A Repetition in order to restate in full... This is a kind of Prosapodosis: and it is so called when the repetition is for the purpose not of explanation, but of kindling emotion, provoking indignation, or evoking comparison. |
Example | |
Kind Of | Repetition |
Part Of | |
Related Figures | prosapodosis |
Notes | |
Confidence | Unconfident |
Last Editor | Ioanna Malton |
Confidence | Unconfident |
Editorial Notes | |
Reviewed | No |