Epitasis
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɪˈpɪtəsɪs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Epitasis is a noun meaning (ancient drama) The second part of a play, in which the action begins.
Meaning
(ancient drama) The second part of a play, in which the action begins.
More Meanings
- (rhetoric) The addition of a concluding sentence that merely emphasizes what has already been stated.
- (obsolete) The period of violence in a fever or disease; paroxysm.
Example Sentences
It doubles itself in the middle of his life, reflects itself in another, repeats itself, protasis, epitasis, catastasis, catastrophe.
How my uncle Toby and Corporal Trim managed this matter,—with the history of their campaigns, which were no way barren of events,—may make no uninteresting under-plot in the epitasis and working up of this drama.
Word Forms
- epitases
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include protasis, entr'acte, afterpiece, epicrisis, interlude, mainpiece.
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