Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
repetition of a word in a different case or inflection in the same sentence;
- Example: "My own heart's heart"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Polyptoton \Pol`yp*to"ton\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? having, or being
in, many cases; poly`s many + ? case.] (Rhet.)
A figure by which a word is repeated in different forms,
cases, numbers, genders, etc., as in Tennyson's line, -- "My
own heart's heart, and ownest own, farewell."
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
polyptoton
n 1: repetition of a word in a different case or inflection in
the same sentence; "My own heart's heart"