Suppositio materialis
SUPPOSITIO MATERIALIS
SUPPOSITIO MATERIALIS [Metallage] is, if a word be taken for itself [according to its constituents] as consisting of letters or syllables; as, for instance, I was scarcely able to say that sad word, Farewell.-Lass dir das Memento mori! empfohlen Seyn. Comp. Gnom. on Rom 9:7, note, , etc.
Fuente: Gnomon Technical Terms
Suppositio materialis
The use of a word autonymously, or as a name for itself (see autonymy) — “Homo est disyllabum”; opposed to suppositio formalis, the use of a noun in its proper or ordinary signification. — A.C.