παρονομασία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πᾰρονομᾰ́ζω (păronomắzō, “to call with a slight change of name”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́ᾱ • (păronomăsĭ́ā) f (genitive πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. (rhetoric) play upon words which sound alike, assonance
  2. use of a word first in its proper meaning, then in a derived sense
  3. derivative; by-name

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́ᾱ; τῆς πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́ᾱ
hē păronomăsĭ́ā 		τὼ πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́ᾱ
tṑ păronomăsĭ́ā 		αἱ πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́αι
hai păronomăsĭ́ai
Genitive τῆς πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́ᾱς
tês păronomăsĭ́ās 		τοῖν πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́αιν
toîn păronomăsĭ́ain 		τῶν πᾰρονομᾰσῐῶν
tôn păronomăsĭôn
Dative τῇ πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́ᾳ
tēî păronomăsĭ́āi 		τοῖν πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́αιν
toîn păronomăsĭ́ain 		ταῖς πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́αις
taîs păronomăsĭ́ais
Accusative τὴν πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́ᾱν
tḕn păronomăsĭ́ān 		τὼ πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́ᾱ
tṑ păronomăsĭ́ā 		τᾱ̀ς πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s păronomăsĭ́ās
Vocative πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́ᾱ
păronomăsĭ́ā 		πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́ᾱ
păronomăsĭ́ā 		πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́αι
păronomăsĭ́ai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Latin: paronomasia

Further reading

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