Don’t turn up your nose at the basics! Elizabeth Jamison Sept, 2009

Definition #1: Developed by Trypho of Alexandria Dates back to First Century BCE “ A word which means the synonym starting from the homonym” Definition #2: “ Metonymy is a part of speech which is imposed on a given thing in a literal sense, but which signifies another given thing according to a type of relationship.” Source: Luigi Arata. "The Definition of Metonymy in Ancient Greece. " Style 39.1 (2005): 55-73. Research Library, ProQuest. Web. 20 Sep. 2009.

Definition #1:

Developed by Trypho of Alexandria

Dates back to First Century BCE

“ A word which means the synonym starting from the homonym”

Definition #2:

“ Metonymy is a part of speech which is imposed on a given thing in a literal sense, but which signifies another given thing according to a type of relationship.”

Saying the name of a divinity to mean the name of his attributes “ Hares” to signify “Iron” “ Aphrodite” to signify “sex” “ Wine” to signify “Dionysus” “ Dionysus” to signify “wine” “ Hephaestus” to signify “fire”s “ Demeter” to signify “wheat” “ Eileithhuias” to signify “pains” Source: Luigi Arata. "The Definition of Metonymy in Ancient Greece. " Style 39.1 (2005): 55-73. Research Library, ProQuest. Web. 20 Sep. 2009.

Saying the name of a divinity to mean the name of his attributes

“ Hares” to signify “Iron”

“ Aphrodite” to signify “sex”

“ Wine” to signify “Dionysus”

“ Dionysus” to signify “wine”

“ Hephaestus” to signify “fire”s

“ Demeter” to signify “wheat”

“ Eileithhuias” to signify “pains”

“ Choinix” to signify “Bread” “ The Place where to dance” to signify “Choral dancers” “ Head and Shoulders” to signify “helmet and shield” “ Gods” to signify “The place where the Gods Are” “ Animals” to signify “The place where the animals are” Source: Luigi Arata. "The Definition of Metonymy in Ancient Greece. " Style 39.1 (2005): 55-73. Research Library, ProQuest. Web. 20 Sep. 2009.

“ Choinix” to signify “Bread”

“ The Place where to dance” to signify “Choral dancers”

“ Head and Shoulders” to signify “helmet and shield”

“ Gods” to signify “The place where the Gods Are”

“ Animals” to signify “The place where the animals are”

Saying the name of the place to signify its inhabitants: “The Sky” meaning “Celestial Powers” Saying the name of the instrument to signify the name of the activity: “Bow” to signify “Archery” Saying the name of the thing that has a quality to signify the name of the quality: “Rush” to signify “Obscurity” Saying the name of the cause to signify the name of the effect Source: Luigi Arata. "The Definition of Metonymy in Ancient Greece. " Style 39.1 (2005): 55-73. Research Library, ProQuest. Web. 20 Sep. 2009.

Saying the name of the place to signify its inhabitants: “The Sky” meaning “Celestial Powers”

Saying the name of the instrument to signify the name of the activity: “Bow” to signify “Archery”

Saying the name of the thing that has a quality to signify the name of the quality: “Rush” to signify “Obscurity”

Saying the name of the cause to signify the name of the effect