The Repetition of the same Letters or Syllables at the end of Successive Words<\/p>\n
H-m-o-tel-eu-ton. From (homoios), like, and (teleutee), an ending, i.e., words with like endings.<\/p>\n
This is the opposite Figure to Homopropheron; and is used when successive words end with the same or similar letters or syllables.<\/p>\n
These two figures are for the most part involved in others which affect the whole of the connected words; and therefore we shall meet with other examples as we proceed.<\/p>\n
Mar 12:30.-This is the first commandment. In the Greek this sentence consists of three words, each ending with the same syllable: (hautee prtee entolee); and thus our attention is called to this weighty saying.<\/p>\n
1Pe 1:3-4.-Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away.<\/p>\n
Here, the Homoteleuton emphasizes the wondrous character of this inheritance:-<\/p>\n
, , (aphtharton, amianton, amaranton), uncorruptible, undefiled, unfading. It is difficult accurately to reproduce the sound of this in English; except in marking it by the voice in reading aloud.<\/p>\n
We might say, incorruptible, indefilable, indestructible, but this would be at the expense of exact accuracy in translating.<\/p>\n
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Homoeoteleuton; or, Like Endings The Repetition of the same Letters or Syllables at the end of Successive Words H-m-o-tel-eu-ton. From (homoios), like, and (teleutee), an ending, i.e., words with like endings. This is the opposite Figure to Homopropheron; and is used when successive words end with the same or similar letters or syllables. These two … Continue reading “Homoeoteleuton; or, Like Endings”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55251\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}