antonomasia

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

antŏnŏmăsĭa, ae, f., = ἀντονομασία,

a rhetorical figure , by which , instead of the name , an epithet of a person is employed (e. g. instead of Scipio, Eversor Carthaginis; instead of Achilles, Pelides; instead of Juno, Saturnia, etc.), Quint. 8, 6, 29; 8, 6, 43.

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