(, denominatio nominispro nomine posita, Quintillian, 8, 6, 23), a technical term in rhetoric designating a trope, in which a word is used to express-a thing differing from its original meaning in kind (E. D. Haven, Rhetoric, p. 78). Metonymies are a little bolder than synecdoches (q.v.), and, as Aristotle observes, may be employed either to elevate or to degrade the subject, according to the design of the author. The substance may be named for the quality, the cause for the effect, the precedent for the consequent, or the reverse, e.g. Addison was smooth, but Prescott smoother. Here Addison means the writings of Addison;. smooth means pleasing to the ear. Both words are metonymic. Always respect old age a metonymy for aged people. Thus, gray hairs may stand for old age, the name of Virgil for that of his writings, the head for the intellect, and the olive-branch for peace. Metonymies may be classified as follows: <\/p>\n
(1.) The sign for the thing signified, signum pro signato. Sword for war; for power (Luk 1:32; Heb 1:8); , , for east and west (Mat 2:3; Luk 13:29; Psa 46:6); red tape, for the difficulties in obtaining the completion of a work that must pass the inspection of several officers; a pen for literature- The pen is mightier than the sword.<\/p>\n
(2.) The container for the thing contained, continens pro contento. The country is jealous of the city. The army yielded, but the navy resisted; , world, for the human beings contained in the world (Mat 18:7; Joh 1:10; Joh 3:16-17); , the house, for domestics (Joh 4:53; Act 10:2; Act 10:11; Act 10:14; Act 10:16).<\/p>\n
(3.) A cause may be put for an effect, and an effect for a cause. The savage desolation of war. The cause of the desolation is a savage spirit; here it is transferred to the effect. In an opposite transference, we may speak of pale death. joyful health, a proud testimony. This is sometimes called a transferred epithet.<\/p>\n
(4.) A man may be named for his works. Thus we speak of Shakespeare, meaning his writings. Blackstone, meaning his works on law. So the Prophets are referred to (Mar 1:2; Luk 16:29; Luk 24:44; Act 8:28), meaning their writings. This is akin to personification (q.v.).<\/p>\n
METONYMY is a mode of speaking, whereby the one of those things, which are conjoined by some external relation, is put for the other; or also so, that the other requires to be understood together with itself. And it is fourfold: METONYMY of Cause-of Effect-of the Subject-of the Adjunct. There are some who also add to these Metonymy of the Antecedent (i.e. for the Consequent) and Metonymy of the Consequent (i.e. for the Antecedent); a kind of Metonymy which may be conveniently referred to Metonymy of Cause or of Effect.-Examples: The Consequent for the Antecedent,-Luk 4:23, . See Gnom. on this place; also: the fame concerning a thing, instead of the thing itself, which is about to produce the fame, or rumour: 2Co 11:10, , i.e. hereafter I will not be a whit more burdensome, it shall be so that, etc.: Gal 3:17, – , i.e. The Law does not confer the inheritance; therefore it does not make void the covenant.-The Antecedent for the Consequent: Rom 2:21, , ; i.e. Thou dost not teach, and thou dost not do those things which thou oughtest to have taught thyself: also, Gal 2:10, , -But PAUL was anxious not merely to remember, but to relieve and assist: also, Php 3:2, -, i.e. Ye see and will beware of.-The Metonymy of the Subject and Adjunct: Luk 1:35, . The power of the Highest, for, the Highest, whose power is infinite.-Joh 3:27, . The heaven, for Him who dwells in the heavens.-Act 27:9, . The adjunct of time for the time.-1Th 5:19, to . The Spirit, for the gifts, which He imparts.-Instead of the Concrete, i.e. instead of that to which anything is attributed, the Abstract is put, i.e. the Attribute itself: for instance,-Eph 5:13, , . See Gnom.-See further observations on the subject in a lengthened Treatise on METONYMY in Bauer, Philol. Thuc. Paull. ch. xi. p. 224, etc.<\/p>\n
Metonymy (, denominatio nominispro nomine posita, Quintillian, 8, 6, 23), a technical term in rhetoric designating a trope, in which a word is used to express-a thing differing from its original meaning in kind (E. D. Haven, Rhetoric, p. 78). Metonymies are a little bolder than synecdoches (q.v.), and, as Aristotle observes, may be employed … Continue reading “METONYMY”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67052\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}