\E*pan"o*dos\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? a rising, return;
'epi` + ? a way up, rising; ? up + ? way.] (Rhet.)
A figure of speech in which the parts of a sentence or clause
are repeated in inverse order, as in the following:

      O more exceeding love, or law more just? Just law,
      indeed, but more exceeding love!         --Milton.