denominatio
οἱ μὲν εὐποροῦμεν οἱ δ' ἀλύομεν → some of us prosper and others are at our wit's end, some of us are prospering and others of us are at our wit's end
Latin > English
denominatio demoninationis N F :: metonymy; derivation; substitution of name of object for another related
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dēnōmĭnātĭō, ōnis, f. (denomino), désignation : Cod. Th. 6, 4, 13, 2 || métonymie [rhét.] : Her. 4, 43 ; Quint. 8, 6, 23.
Latin > German (Georges)
dēnōminātio, ōnis, f. (denomino), a) die Benennung, Angabe, Cod. Theod. 6, 4, 13. § 2: civium, Euanth. de com. p. 5 Reiff. – b) als mathem. t. t., die Benennung, Boëth. inst. arithm. 1, 9. p. 19, 20 Fr. u. 10. p. 22, 10 Fr. – c) als rhet. t. t., die uneigentliche Benennung einer Sache od. Person (wie Mars für bellum u. dgl.), griech. μετωνυμία, Cornif. rhet. 4, 43.
