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  World Wide Words: Symploce
The first of these has more than one sense; in this case it refers to an oratorical device by which the first words of a section of prose are repeated.
In epistrophe the repetition occurs at the end of phrases.
Anaphora combines ana-, back, with pherein, to bear (in other words, to repeat); epistrophe is from epistrephein, to turn around; symploce derives from symplekein, to weave together.
www.worldwidewords.org /weirdwords/ww-sym1.htm   (242 words)

  
 A.Word.A.Day--Today's Word
If women are free from violence, their families will flourish.
Clinton and her speech writer, Lissa Muscatine, decided to push alliterative epistrophe." William Safire, First Lady's, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Oct 1, 1995.
The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck.
www.wordsmith.org /words/epistrophe.html   (126 words)

  
 Epistrophe
...epistrophe, reversion, the recall of phenomena to their imaginal background....
By attempting the congruities between the imagination of the individual human soul with the imaginal patterns that myths call Gods, an archetypal therapy attempts...
an epistrophe of the entire civilization to its root sources, its archai.
www.mythsinger.com /Epistrophe.html   (174 words)

  
 THS - Diamina 2001: Maalle uusi annulistarsis
Koska omat tunnistustaitoni eivät tuntuneet riittävän lajin tunnistamiseksi, toimitin kaksi yksilöä Antti Haartolle, joka tunnisti lajin maalle uudeksi lajiksi Epistrophe annulitarsis.
Lisähavaintojen puutteessa jää toistaiseksi todistamatta, onko Epistrophe annulitarsis tällainen mantereinen laji.
Epistrophe annulitarsis (Stackelberg) (Diptera: Syrphidae) is reported as a new species in Finland.
www.tam.pp.fi /ths/d_annulitarsis.html   (528 words)

  
 Epistrophe
The word "epistrophe" uses 10 letters: E E H I O P P R S T.
Words within epistrophe not shown as it has more than seven letters.
All words formed from epistrophe by changing one letter
www.morewords.com /word/epistrophe   (167 words)

  
 Definition of epistrophe - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Greek epistrophē, literally, turning about, from epi- + strophē turning — more at strophe
Learn more about "epistrophe" and related topics at Britannica.com
See a map of "epistrophe" in the Visual Thesaurus
www.m-w.com /dictionary/epistrophe   (68 words)

  
 Syrphid Fly - Epistrophe - BugGuide.Net
I think this is a female in the genus Epistrophe!
I changed it myself after 2 minutes when I realised I had put down the wrong name, with these flies it is always difficult between Eupeodes and Epistrophe!
This would be helpful information to put in the Guide for future reference.
bugguide.net /node/view/29721/bgimage   (263 words)

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