ἀντονομασία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓ντονομᾰ́ζω (antonomázō, “to name instead, call by a new name”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́ᾱ • (antonomasíā) f (genitive ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. (rhetoric) use or substitution of an epithet or patronymic for a proper noun, antonomasia
  2. nomination of a successor by retiring official
  3. (grammar) pronoun, or the use of a pronoun
  4. contrary denomination

Declension
First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́ᾱ
hē antonomasíā		 τὼ ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́ᾱ
tṑ antonomasíā		 αἱ ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́αι
hai antonomasíai
Genitive τῆς ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́ᾱς
tês antonomasíās		 τοῖν ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́αιν
toîn antonomasíain		 τῶν ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐῶν
tôn antonomasiôn
Dative τῇ ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́ᾳ
têi antonomasíāi		 τοῖν ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́αιν
toîn antonomasíain		 ταῖς ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́αις
taîs antonomasíais
Accusative τὴν ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́ᾱν
tḕn antonomasíān		 τὼ ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́ᾱ
tṑ antonomasíā		 τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s antonomasíās
Vocative ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́ᾱ
antonomasíā		 ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́ᾱ
antonomasíā		 ᾰ̓ντονομᾰσῐ́αι
antonomasíai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms
  • (pronoun): ἀντωνυμία (antōnumía)

Derived terms
  • ᾰ̓ντονομᾰστῐκός (antonomastikós)

Descendants
  • ⇒ Greek: αντονομασία (antonomasía)
  • → Latin: antonomasia (see there for further descendants)

References
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