metalepsis

Reikšmė (Anglų k.)

A rhetorical device whereby one word is metonymically substituted for another word which is itself a metonym; more broadly, a metaphor consisting of a series of embedded metonyms or rhetorical substitutions.

Sinonimai

substitution

Vertimai

métalepse

metalepsi

Metalepse

metalepsis

Etimologija (Anglų k.)

From Latin metalēpsis, from Ancient Greek μετάληψις (metálēpsis, “succession”), from Ancient Greek μετά (metá, “after”) and λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).