Pronunciation: i-so-co'-lon
Alternate Spelling: compar, conpar, parison
Latin Synonyms: the figure of even
A series of similarly structured elements having the same length. A kind of parallelism.
Veni, vidi, vici (I came, I saw, I conquered) Note: This example also demonstrates asyndeton, tricolon, and (in the Latin), alliteration and homoioptoton.
Veni, vidi, vici (I came, I saw, I conquered) Note: This example also demonstrates asyndeton, tricolon, and (in the Latin), alliteration and homoioptoton.