antonomasia
See also: antonomásia
English edit
Examples (use of an epithet or title for a proper noun) |
---|
Come quickly, your lordship! [to an earl] |
Examples (use of a proper name for its attribute) |
---|
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.
- (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
|
Further reading edit
- antonomasia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin antonomasia.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈɑntonoˌmɑsiɑ/, [ˈɑ̝n̪t̪o̞no̞ˌmɑ̝s̠iɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑsiɑ
- Syllabification(key): an‧to‧no‧ma‧si‧a
Noun edit
antonomasia
Declension edit
Inflection of antonomasia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
nominative | antonomasia | antonomasiat | ||
genitive | antonomasian | antonomasioiden antonomasioitten | ||
partitive | antonomasiaa | antonomasioita | ||
illative | antonomasiaan | antonomasioihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | antonomasia | antonomasiat | ||
accusative | nom. | antonomasia | antonomasiat | |
gen. | antonomasian | |||
genitive | antonomasian | antonomasioiden antonomasioitten antonomasiainrare | ||
partitive | antonomasiaa | antonomasioita | ||
inessive | antonomasiassa | antonomasioissa | ||
elative | antonomasiasta | antonomasioista | ||
illative | antonomasiaan | antonomasioihin | ||
adessive | antonomasialla | antonomasioilla | ||
ablative | antonomasialta | antonomasioilta | ||
allative | antonomasialle | antonomasioille | ||
essive | antonomasiana | antonomasioina | ||
translative | antonomasiaksi | antonomasioiksi | ||
abessive | antonomasiatta | antonomasioitta | ||
instructive | — | antonomasioin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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]
- (modern Italianate 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 |
---|---|---|
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