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metonomasticus

metonomasticus [cf. μετονομασία = change of name] , (rhet.) metonymic. methonomastica [sc. appellatio] est quando continens stat pro contento, ut ‘bibe ciphum’ et sic de aliis. de antonomastica et methonomastica non est dubium, quia antonomastica semper est personalis et determinate, methonomastica similiter proprie et per se sumpta, per accidens tamen potest esse simplex Bacon XV 288.

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