denominatio
From LSJ
Ἥξει τὸ γῆρας πᾶσαν αἰτίαν φέρον → Veniet senectus omne crimen sustinens → Bald kommt das Alter, das an allem trägt die Schuld
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dēnōmĭnātĭo: ōnis, f. denomino, rhetor. t. t.,
I the substitution of the name of an object for that of another to which it has some relation, as the name of the cause for that of the effect, of the property for that of the substance, etc.; a metonymy, Auct. Her. 4, 32; cf. Quint. 8, 6, 23 sq., and immutatio.
