Pronunciation: ske'-sis o-no'-ma-ton
Alternate Spelling: Also sp. schesis onomaton
A sentence constructed only of nouns and adjectives (typically in a regular pattern). A series of successive, synonymous expressions.
A man faithful in friendship, prudent in counsels, virtuous in conversation, gentle in communication, learned in all liberal sciences, eloquent in utterance, comely in gesture, an enemy to naughtiness, and a lover of all virtue and godliness.