antonomasia

See also: antonomásia

English

Etymology

From Latin antonomasia, Ancient Greek ἀντονομασία ‎(antonomasía, “antonomasia”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌæntənəʊˈmeɪzɪə/, /ænˌtɒnəʊˈmeɪzɪə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌæntənəˈmeɪʒə/

Noun

antonomasia ‎(countable and uncountable, plural antonomasias)

1. (rhetoric) The substitution of an epithet or title in place of a proper noun
2. (rhetoric) Use of a proper name to suggest its most obvious quality or aspect.

Related terms

• autonomasia

Translations

substitution of an epithet or title in place of a proper noun

• Catalan: antonomàsia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 代稱, 代称 ‎(dàichēng)

• Finnish: antonomasia
• French: antonomase (fr) f
• Polish: antonomazja (pl) f
• Portuguese: antonomásia (pt) f
• Serbo-Croatian: antonomazija (sh) f

See also

• Antonomasia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin antonomasia, Ancient Greek ἀντονομασία ‎(antonomasía, “antonomasia”).

Noun

antonomasia f ‎(plural antonomasie)

1. (rhetoric) antonomasia

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀντονομασία ‎(antonomasía, “antonomasia”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /an.to.noˈma.si.a/, [an.tɔ.nɔˈma.si.a]

Noun

antonomasia f ‎(genitive antonomasiae); first declension

1. (rhetoric) antonomasia

Declension

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	antonomasia	antonomasiae
genitive	antonomasiae	antonomasiārum
dative	antonomasiae	antonomasiīs
accusative	antonomasiam	antonomasiās
ablative	antonomasiā	antonomasiīs
vocative	antonomasia	antonomasiae

References

• antonomasia in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• antonomasia in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

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Spanish

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology

From Latin antonomasia, Ancient Greek ἀντονομασία ‎(antonomasía, “antonomasia”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a̠n.to̞.no̞ˈma̠.sja̠]

Noun

antonomasia f ‎(plural antonomasias)

1. (rhetoric) antonomasia