'Polyptoton' definitions:
Definition of 'polyptoton'
(from WordNet)
noun
Repetition of a word in a different case or inflection in the same sentence; "My own heart's heart"
Definition of 'Polyptoton'
From: GCIDE
- Polyptoton \Pol`yp*to"ton\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? having, or being in, many cases; poly`s many + ? case.] (Rhet.) A figure by which a word is repeated in different forms, cases, numbers, genders, etc., as in Tennyson's line, -- "My own heart's heart, and ownest own, farewell." [1913 Webster]