homoioptoton

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homoioptoton - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Homoioptoton \Ho*moi`op*to"ton\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? in a like
     case; ? like + ? falling.] (Rhet.)
     A figure in which the several parts of a sentence end with
     the same case, or inflection generally.
     [1913 Webster]