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Etymology of the English word epistrophe

the English word epistrophe
derived from the New Latin word epistrophe
derived from the Greek word epistrophe, ἐπιστροφή (reversion; morally, revolution)
using the Greek prefix epi-, ἐπι-
derived from the Byzantine Greek word epi, ἐπί (upon; properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case); over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.)
derived from the Greek word strophe, στροφή, στροϕή
derived from the Greek word strephein, στρέφειν, στρέϕω, στρέφω
derived from the Greek word epistrephein, ἐπιστρέϕω, ἐπιστρέφω (to revert (literally, figuratively or morally))
derived from the Greek word strephein, στρέφειν, στρέϕω, στρέφω

Date

The earliest known usage of epistrophe in English dates from the 17th century.

Usage

Word found in Modern English



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