Homeoptoton

The homeoptoton (from the Greek homoióptoton, "similar in the cases"), is a figure of speech consisting in ending the last words of a distinct part of the speech with the same syllable or letter.[1][2]

Example

"In necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus caritas" ("In necessary things unity, in doubtful things liberty, in all things charity").

"Hominem laudem egentem virtutis, abundantem felicitates" ("Am I to praise a man abounding in good luck, but lacking in virtue?").

gollark: Or generate and digitally sign some random data.
gollark: So just generate & store random data?
gollark: B: ON EVERY FUNCTION CALL? That sounds astonishingly poorly designed.
gollark: A: if you can't trust the env you're doomed anyway.
gollark: Getting entropy perhaps?

References
  1. "Homeoptoton - Figure of Speech". http://www.retoricas.com/. Retrieved 22 April 2013. External link in |publisher= (help)
  2. "Henry Peachum., The Garden of Eloquence (1593): Schemas". Retrieved 22 April 2013.


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