antonomasia
τὰ σῦκα σῦκα, τὴν σκάφην δὲ σκάφην ὀνομάζειν → call a spade a spade | speak the truth | speak straight from the shoulder | give it straight from the shoulder | give the straight goods | not to mince matters | not to mince words | not mince words | call things by their right names | call a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel | call a shovel a shovel | call a spade a spade, not a big spoon
Latin > English
antonomasia antonomasiae N F :: use of an epithet/appellative as substitute for proper name, antonomasia
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
antŏnŏmăsĭa: ae, f., = ἀντονομασία,
I a rhetorical figure, by which, instead of the name, an epithet of a person is employed (e. g. instead of Scipio, Eversor Carthaginis; instead of Achilles, Pelides; instead of Juno, Saturnia, etc.), Quint. 8, 6, 29; 8, 6, 43.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
antŏnŏmăsĭa, æ, f. (ἀντονομασία), antonomase [fig. de rhét.]: Quint. 8, 6, 29 ; Char. 273, 22.
Latin > German (Georges)
antonomasia, ae, f. (ἀντονομασία), eine rhet. Figur, die Antonomasie (rein lat. pronominatio, s. Diom. 458, 31), Vertauschung eines Eigennamens mit einem Epitheton od. Patronymikon od. Appellativum (zB. eversor Carthaginis st. Scipio, Pelides st. Achilles u. dgl.) u. umgekehrt, Quint. 8, 6, 29. Charis. 273, 22 u. 274, 12. Diom. 458, 31. Serv. Verg. Aen. 1, 23. Porphyr. Hor. carm. 1, 17, 21. Donat. art. gramm. 400, 15.
