ἀντονομασία
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From ᾰ̓ντονομᾰ́ζω (antonomázō, “to name instead, call by a new name”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /an.to.no.ma.sí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /an.to.no.maˈsi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /an.to.no.maˈsi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /an.to.no.maˈsi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /an.do.no.maˈsi.a/
Noun edit
ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́ᾱ • (antonomasíā) f (genitive ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- (rhetoric) use or substitution of an epithet or patronymic for a proper noun, antonomasia
- nomination of a successor by retiring official
- (grammar) pronoun, or the use of a pronoun
- contrary denomination
Declension edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́ᾱ hē antonomasíā |
τὼ ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́ᾱ tṑ antonomasíā |
αἱ ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́αι hai antonomasíai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́ᾱς tês antonomasíās |
τοῖν ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́αιν toîn antonomasíain |
τῶν ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐῶν tôn antonomasiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́ᾳ têi antonomasíāi |
τοῖν ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́αιν toîn antonomasíain |
ταῖς ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́αις taîs antonomasíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́ᾱν tḕn antonomasíān |
τὼ ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́ᾱ tṑ antonomasíā |
τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́ᾱς tā̀s antonomasíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́ᾱ antonomasíā |
ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́ᾱ antonomasíā |
ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́αι antonomasíai | ||||||||||
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Synonyms edit
- (pronoun): ἀντωνυμία (antōnumía)
Derived terms edit
- ᾰ̓ντονομᾰστῐκός (antonomastikós)
Descendants edit
- ⇒ Greek: αντονομασία (antonomasía)
- → Latin: antonomasia (see there for further descendants)
References edit
- “ἀντονομασία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀντονομασία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀντονομασία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)