before stems beginning with a vowel epan-, a combination of two Greek prepositions ἐπ(ί) upon, in addition + ἀνά up, again, occurring in some rhetorical terms, adopted from Greek. Epanadiplosis [Gr. δίπλωσις a doubling; cf. ANADIPLOSIS], (see quots.). Epanalepsis [Gr. λῆψις a taking, f. ληβ-; cf. ANALEPSY], a figure by which the same word or clause is repeated after intervening matter. Epanaphora [Gr. φορά carrying] = ANAPHORA. Epanastrophe [Gr. στροφή turning; cf. ANASTROPHE], a figure by which the end-word of one sentence becomes the first word of the next. Epanodos, also erron. 6 epanodis, 7, 9 epanados [Gr. ὁδός way; cf. ANODE], a. the repetition of a sentence in an inverse order; b. a return to the regular thread of discourse after a digression. Epanorthosis [Gr. ὄρθωσις a setting straight, f. ὀρθόειν, f. ὀρθός straight], a figure in which a word is recalled, in order to substitute a more correct or stronger term. Hence Epanorthotic a.
1678. Phillips, *Epanadiplosis … a Rhetorical figure wherein a sentence begins and ends with the same word; as Severe to his servants, to his children severe.
1736. Bailey, Epanadiplosis … In Latin this figure is called Inclusio.
1847. Craig, Epanadiplosis.
1589. Puttenham, Eng. Poesie, III. xix. (Arb.), 210. *Epanalepsis, or the Eccho sound…. Much must he be beloued, that loueth much.
a. 1619. Fotherby, Atheom. (1622), Pref. A vj b. A Poeticall Epanalepsis or reduplication.
1736. Bailey, Epanalepsis, a repetition.
1847. Craig, Epanalepsis.
1678. Phillips, *Epanaphora, a figure in which the same word begins several sentences.
1864. Webster, Epanaphora.
1864. Webster, *Epanastrophe.
1589. Puttenham, Eng. Poesie, III. xix. (Arb.), 229. *Epanodis, or the figure of Retire.
a. 1679. Hobbes, Rhet. (1840), 523. Epanados … signifies the turning to the same tune.
1812. Knox & Jebb, Corr., II. 79. The epanodos, or … speaking first, to the latter of two propositions; afterwards, to the former.
1847. Craig, Epanodos … a rhetorical figure, when a sentence or member is inverted, or repeated backward.
1579. E. K., Gloss. Spenser’s Sheph. Cal., Jan., 61. A prety *Epanorthosis in these two verses.
1672. H. More, Brief Reply, 172. By a seasonable Epanorthosis he straitway adds [etc.].
1736. Bailey, Epanorthosis.
1847. Craig, Epanorthosis.
