English
epiploce
Epiploce comes from Latin epiplocē ‘(rhetoric) connection’, and goes back to Ancient Greek ἐπιπλοκή ‘plaiting together’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐπιπλοκήepiplokḗ‘plaiting together’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEepiplocē‘(rhetoric) connection’
- Englishearliest quotation 1843epiploce
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐπιπλοκήepiplokḗ‘plaiting together’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEepiplocē‘(rhetoric) connection’
- Englishearliest quotation 1843epiploce
Earliest quotation: 1843, William O'Brien: “This example turns out to be an instance of…”
Every English word from Ancient Greek ἐπιπλοκή
Today it means
noun A figure of speech by which one striking circumstance is added, in due gradation, to another; escalation to a climax.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἐπιπλοκή / epiploce