antonomasia
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See also: antonomásia
English[edit]
Examples (use of an epithet or title for a proper noun) |
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Come quickly, your lordship! [to an earl] |
Examples (use of a proper name for its attribute) |
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Can we depend on the Solons in Washington to save us? |
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin antonomasia, Ancient Greek ἀντονομασία (antonomasía, “antonomasia”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
antonomasia (countable and uncountable, plural antonomasias)
- (rhetoric) The substitution of an epithet or title in place of a proper noun.
- [1835, L[arret] Langley, A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster: Printed by C. White, Baxter-Gate, OCLC 1062248511, page 70:
- Antonomasia proper names imparts
From kindred, country, epithets, and arts.]
- (rhetoric) Use of a proper name to suggest its most obvious quality or aspect.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
substitution of an epithet or title in place of a proper noun
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Further reading[edit]
antonomasia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin antonomasia, from Ancient Greek ἀντονομασία (antonomasía, “antonomasia”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
antonomasia f (plural antonomasie)
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek ἀντονομασία (antonomasía, “antonomasia”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /an.to.noˈma.si.a/, [än̪t̪ɔnɔˈmäs̠iä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /an.to.noˈma.si.a/, [än̪t̪onoˈmäːs̬iä]
Noun[edit]
antonomasia f (genitive antonomasiae); first declension
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | antonomasia | antonomasiae |
Genitive | antonomasiae | antonomasiārum |
Dative | antonomasiae | antonomasiīs |
Accusative | antonomasiam | antonomasiās |
Ablative | antonomasiā | antonomasiīs |
Vocative | antonomasia | antonomasiae |
Descendants[edit]
- English: antonomasia
- French: antonomase
- Italian: antonomasia
- Spanish: antonomasia
References[edit]
- “antonomasia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- antonomasia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin antonomasia, Ancient Greek ἀντονομασία (antonomasía, “antonomasia”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
antonomasia f (plural antonomasias)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “antonomasia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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