Epitasis Definition
ĭ-pĭtə-sĭs
epitases
noun
That part of a play, esp. in classical drama, between the protasis, or exposition, and the catastrophe or denouement.
Webster's New World
(rhetoric) The addition of a concluding sentence that merely emphasizes what has already been stated.
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Other Word Forms of Epitasis
Noun
Singular:
epitasis
Plural:
epitasesOrigin of Epitasis
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Greek stretching, intensity from epiteinein epita- to stretch, intensify epi- epi- teinein to stretch ten- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Ancient Greek ἐπίτασις (epitasis, “stretching”), from ἐπιτείνω (epiteinō, “to stretch”), from ἐπί (epi) + τείνω (teinō, “stretch”).
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