Category:Greek figures of speech

Greek terms whose interpretation is not strictly literal, but are used in figurative ways or for special effect.

• Category:Greek euphemisms: Greek terms that indirectly refer to something unpleasant or controversial.
• Category:Greek hyperboles: Greek terms used as exaggerations for emphasis, rather than being taken literally.
• Category:Greek idioms: Greek phrases understood by subjective, as opposed to literal meanings.
• Category:Greek proverbs: Greek phrases popularly known as representations of common sense.
• Category:Greek sarcastic terms: Greek terms that are used sarcastically.
• Category:Greek similes: Greek figures of speech in which one thing is compared to another.
• Category:Greek synecdoches: Greek figures of speech in which a term for a part of something is used to refer to the whole pars pro toto, or vice versa totum pro parte.