antonomasia

See also: antonomásia

English

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

Borrowed 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.
   • [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.]

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
• Spanish: antonomasia (es) f
• Swedish: antonomasi c

Further reading

• antonomasia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /an.to.noˈma.zja/
• Rhymes: -azja
• Hyphenation: an‧to‧no‧mà‧sia

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/, [än̪t̪ɔnɔˈmäs̠iä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /an.to.noˈma.si.a/, [än̪t̪onoˈmäːs̬iä]

Noun

antonomasia f (genitive antonomasiae); first declension

1. (rhetoric) antonomasia

Declension

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

• English: antonomasia
• French: antonomase
• Italian: antonomasia
• Spanish: antonomasia

References

• “antonomasia”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• antonomasia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /antonoˈmasja/, [ãn̪.t̪o.noˈma.sja]
• Rhymes: -asja
• Hyphenation: an‧to‧no‧ma‧sia

Noun

antonomasia f (plural antonomasias)

1. (rhetoric) antonomasia

Derived terms

• por antonomasia

Further reading

• “antonomasia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014