homœoptoton

‖ homœoptoton

(həʊmiːɒpˈtəʊtɒn)

Also homoio-.

[Late L., a. Gr. ὁµοιόπτωτον (sc. ῥῆµα), f. ὅµοιο-ς like + πτωτός, vbl. adj. of πίπτειν to fall, decline (cf. πτῶσις fall, inflexion, case).]

A rhetorical figure consisting in the use of a series of words in the same case or with the same inflexion.

in Phillips (ed. 4). in Bailey. H. P. Smith Gloss. Terms etc. 253.