mĕtōnўmĭa — Lewis & Short
mĕtōnўmĭa, ae, f., = metwnumi/a,
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.
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mĕtōnўmĭa
mĕtōnўmĭa · f
a figure by which one name is changed for another, a change of names, metonymy
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