metonymia

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Ὅπου βία πάρεστιν, οὐ σθένει νόμος → Quo vis irrumpit, ibi nihil leges valent → Da, wo Gewalt obherrscht, ist kein Gesetz in Kraft

Menander, Monostichoi, 409

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

mĕtōnymĭa: ae, f., = μετωνυμία,
I a figure by which one name is changed for another, a change of names, metonymy (pure Lat. denominatio), Paul. ex Fest. p. 153 Müll.; Charis. p. 244 P. al.