epanodos (epanodos)

[NL., a rising up, a return, recapitulation, upon, to, + άνοδος, a way up: see anode.] In rhet.: (a) Recapitulation of the chief points or heads in a discourse; enumeration; especially, recapitulation of the principal points in an order the reverse of that in which they were previously treated, recurring to the last point first, and so returning toward the earlier topics or arguments. (b) Repetition of names or topies singly, with further discu ion or characterization of each, after having at first merely mentioned or enumerated them.