| Figure Name | antisthecon |
| Source | Mosellanus ("antithesis" "antistoechon") a4r; Susenbrotus (1540) 23 ("antithesis," "antistoechon"); Sherry (1550) 28 ("antisthecon," "littera pro littera"); Peacham (1577) E3r; Silva Rhetoricae (http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/Silva.htm); JG Smith (1665) ("Antistoechon") |
| Earliest Source | None |
| Synonyms | antistoechon, antistoecon, littera pro littera |
| Etymology | from Gk. anti- “against” and stoicheon “letter order” |
| Type | Scheme |
| Linguistic Domain |
Orthographic Phonological |
| Definition |
1. Substitution of one sound, syllable, or letter for another within a word. A kind of metaplasm. (Silva Rhetoricae) 2. Antistoechon, a change of letters: a figure whereby one letter is put for another. (JG Smith) |
| Example |
1. The following pun is accomplished only through antisthecon, substituting "o" for "a" in the word "reward": "A pun is its own reword" (Silva Rhetoricae) |
| Kind Of | Similarity |
| Part Of | metaplasm |
| Related Figures | metaplasm, figures of substitution |
| Notes | |
| Confidence | Unconfident |
| Last Editor | Ashley Rose Kelly |
| Confidence | Unconfident |
| Editorial Notes | |
| Reviewed | Yes |
| Reviewer | Ashley Rose Kelly |