SYMPLOCE, συμπλοκή, 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? Rutilus. Quis majorem populi partem suffragiis privavit? Rutilus. Quis comitum praesuit? Idem Rutilus.