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erotemata

erotemata is the plural of erotema.

Meaning of erotema

Noun

erotema (countable and uncountable, plural erotemas or erotemata)

  1. (rhetoric) The rhetorical use of questions, especially questions which strongly imply their own answer.
    • Since the simple question, though technically erotema, is scarcely a figure however, I leave it out of the discussion.1939, Peter MacNaughton Miller, The Rhetoric of Sidney's Arcadia, page 206

Questions about erotemata

What is erotemata the plural of?
Erotemata is the plural of erotema.

Words near erotemata in the dictionary

  1. erosivities
  2. erosivity
  3. erostrate
  4. erotema
  5. erotemas
  6. erotemata
  7. erotematic
  8. erotematic method
  9. eroteme
  10. erotemes
  11. erotes

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