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metonymice

metonymice [ML; cf. LL metonymicos < μετωνυμικῶς] , (rhet.) metonymically, by metonymy. docebit ergo diligentia ad immitationem istorum methonomice materiam ponere pro materiato, ut videtur, ut auro superbit manus, id est annulo cujus materia est aurum Gerv. Melkley AV 68; attribuimus accidentibus sive formis quod est stomachorum sive materiarum, et ita loquimur metonomice Gilb. VI 245. 1.

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