παρονομασία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πᾰρονομᾰ́ζω (păronomắzō, “to call with a slight change of name”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.ro.no.ma.sí.aː/ → /pa.ro.no.maˈsi.a/ → /pa.ro.no.maˈsi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.ro.no.ma.sí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pa.ro.no.maˈsi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pa.ro.no.maˈsi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pa.ro.no.maˈsi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pa.ro.no.maˈsi.a/

Noun

πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́ᾱ • (păronomăsĭ́ā) f (genitive πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. (rhetoric) play upon words which sound alike, assonance
2. use of a word first in its proper meaning, then in a derived sense
3. derivative; by-name

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́ᾱ; τῆς πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́ᾱ hē păronomăsĭ́ā	τὼ πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́ᾱ tṑ păronomăsĭ́ā	αἱ πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́αι hai păronomăsĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́ᾱς tês păronomăsĭ́ās	τοῖν πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́αιν toîn păronomăsĭ́ain	τῶν πᾰρονομᾰσῐῶν tôn păronomăsĭôn
Dative	τῇ πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́ᾳ têi păronomăsĭ́āi	τοῖν πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́αιν toîn păronomăsĭ́ain	ταῖς πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́αις taîs păronomăsĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́ᾱν tḕn păronomăsĭ́ān	τὼ πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́ᾱ tṑ păronomăsĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́ᾱς tā̀s păronomăsĭ́ās
Vocative	πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́ᾱ păronomăsĭ́ā	πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́ᾱ păronomăsĭ́ā	πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́αι păronomăsĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: paronomasia

Further reading

• “παρονομασία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• παρονομασία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette