SYMPLOCE, συμπλοκη, in Rhetoric, a figure, where the same word is repeated several times in the beginning and end of a sentence, including the ANAPHORA and EPITROPHE: thus, Quis legem tulit? Rullus. Quis majorem populi partem suffragiis privavit? Rullus. Quis comitis præfuit? Idem Rullus.
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