polyptoton
noun
pol·yp·to·ton
ˌpälə̇pˈtōˌtän
plural polyptota
-ōtə
: the rhetorical repetition of a word in a different case, inflection, or voice in the same sentence (as in Tennyson's "my own heart's heart, and ownest own, farewell")
Word History
Etymology
Late Latin, from Greek polyptōton, neuter of polyptōtos using many cases of the same word, from poly- + -ptōtos (from piptein to fall, influenced in meaning by Greek ptōsis case)
- mushroom cap
- mushroom chair
- mushroom cloud
- mushroom coral
- mushroom jellyfish
- mushroom mite
- mushroom pin
- mushroom root rot
- mushroom steamer
- mushroom valve
- mushroom ventilator
- mushroomed
- mushroomer
- mushroomers
- mushrooming
- mushroomlike
- mushrooms
- mushroomy
- mushroon
- mushsquash
- mushy
- mushy chick
- mushy chick disease
- music
- music box