Ancient Greek

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /antonomasía/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ãdonomasía/

Noun

ἀντονομασίᾱ • ‎(antonomasíā) f ‎(genitive ἀντονομασίᾱς); first declension

1. (rhetoric) use or substitution of an epithet or patronymic for a proper noun, antonomasia
2. nomination of a successor by retiring official
3. (grammar) pronoun, or the use of a pronoun
4. contrary denomination

Declension

Synonyms

• (pronoun): ἀντωνυμία ‎(antōnumía)

Derived terms

• ἀντονομαστικός ‎(antonomastikós)

Descendants

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

References

• ἀντονομασία in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• «ἀντονομασία» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «ἀντονομασία» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)