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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.

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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.

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

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