Category:Greek figures of speech
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Greek terms whose interpretation is not strictly literal, but are used in figurative ways or for special effect.
- Category:Greek euphemisms: Greek terms that indirectly refer to something unpleasant or controversial.
- Category:Greek hyperboles: Greek terms used as exaggerations for emphasis, rather than being taken literally.
- Category:Greek idioms: Greek phrases understood by subjective, as opposed to literal meanings.
- Category:Greek proverbs: Greek phrases popularly known as representations of common sense.
- Category:Greek sarcastic terms: Greek terms that are used sarcastically.
- Category:Greek similes: Greek figures of speech in which one thing is compared to another.
- Category:Greek synecdoches: Greek figures of speech in which a term for a part of something is used to refer to the whole pars pro toto, or vice versa totum pro parte.
Subcategories
This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.
E
- Greek euphemisms (0 c, 29 e)
H
- Greek hyperboles (0 c, 3 e)
I
- Greek idioms (0 c, 133 e)
P
- Greek proverbs (0 c, 75 e)
S
- Greek sarcastic terms (0 c, 7 e)
- Greek similes (0 c, 6 e)
- Greek synecdoches (0 c, 3 e)