epizeuxis
noun
ep·i·zeux·is
ˌepəˈzüksə̇s
plural -es
Greek and Latin prosody
: the joining of two successive ionics a minore so that the syllables that come together exchange quantities (as when ˘˘––|˘˘–– becomes ˘˘–˘|–˘––)
Word History
Etymology
Late Latin, from Greek, literally, act of fastening together, from epizeugnynai to fasten together (from epi- + zeugnynai to join, yoke) + -sis