metonymia

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Οὐκ ἔστι σιγᾶν αἰσχρόν, ἀλλ' εἰκῆ λαλεῖν → Silere non est turpe, sed frustra loqui → nicht Schweigen schändet, sondern Schwätzen auf gut Glück

Menander, Monostichoi, 417

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.