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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Gk. "to take with something else" #76030 07/14/02 11:12 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin B belligerentyouth old hand belligerentyouth old hand B Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin Synecdoche does mean both, doesn't it! I read that a while ago but only when I saw what you'd written did it flash back. A related term 'metonymy' (Gr. change name), indicates the use of an attribute to describe someone or something. For instance, if one describes business men as 'suits'. This obviously doesn't work round the other way:-) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Rhetorical Term Verlangen 07/14/02 12:14 AM Re: Rhetorical Term wwh 07/14/02 01:00 AM Re: Rhetorical Term Verlangen 07/14/02 01:17 AM Re: Rhetorical Term wwh 07/14/02 01:26 AM Re: Rhetorical Term wwh 07/14/02 01:40 AM Re: Rhetorical Term slithy toves 07/14/02 02:18 AM Gk. "to take with something else" belligerentyouth 07/14/02 11:12 AM Re: Gk. "to take with something else" of troy 07/14/02 01:18 PM Re: Gk. "to take with something else" Verlangen 07/14/02 01:49 PM Re:synecdoche and metonymy wwh 07/14/02 02:45 PM Re:synecdoche and metonymy Verlangen 07/14/02 07:03 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,991 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 1,075 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 26 A C Bowden 16 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,956 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,954 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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