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epitrochasmus
e-pi-tro-kas'-mus
from Gk.
epitrochazein
, "to run swiftly over"
percursio
Definition
To touch rapidly on one point and then another.
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asyndeton
Epitrochasmus is often brought about through the absence of conjunctions, asyndeton.
climax
congeries
Sources:
Aquil. 6 ("epitrochasmus," "percursio"); Melanch. IR d1v ("congeries" "synathroismus" "epitrochasmus")