ἀντονομασία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓ντονομᾰ́ζω (ăntonomắzō, “to name instead, call by a new name”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́ᾱ • (ăntonomăsĭ́ā) f (genitive ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́ᾱς); 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

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́ᾱ
hē ăntonomăsĭ́ā 		τὼ ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́ᾱ
tṑ ăntonomăsĭ́ā 		αἱ ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́αι
hai ăntonomăsĭ́ai
Genitive τῆς ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́ᾱς
tês ăntonomăsĭ́ās 		τοῖν ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́αιν
toîn ăntonomăsĭ́ain 		τῶν ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐῶν
tôn ăntonomăsĭôn
Dative τῇ ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́ᾳ
tēî ăntonomăsĭ́āi 		τοῖν ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́αιν
toîn ăntonomăsĭ́ain 		ταῖς ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́αις
taîs ăntonomăsĭ́ais
Accusative τὴν ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́ᾱν
tḕn ăntonomăsĭ́ān 		τὼ ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́ᾱ
tṑ ăntonomăsĭ́ā 		τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s ăntonomăsĭ́ās
Vocative ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́ᾱ
ăntonomăsĭ́ā 		ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́ᾱ
ăntonomăsĭ́ā 		ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́αι
ăntonomăsĭ́ai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • ᾰ̓ντονομᾰστῐκός (ăntonomăstĭkós)

Descendants

  • ⇒ Greek: αντονομασία (antonomasía)
  • → Latin: antonomasia (see there for further descendants)

References

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