παρονομασία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
 

Noun

πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́ᾱ • (paronomasíā) 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 paronomasíā		 τὼ πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́ᾱ
tṑ paronomasíā		 αἱ πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́αι
hai paronomasíai
Genitive τῆς πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́ᾱς
tês paronomasíās		 τοῖν πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́αιν
toîn paronomasíain		 τῶν πᾰρονομᾰσῐῶν
tôn paronomasiôn
Dative τῇ πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́ᾳ
têi paronomasíāi		 τοῖν πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́αιν
toîn paronomasíain		 ταῖς πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́αις
taîs paronomasíais
Accusative τὴν πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́ᾱν
tḕn paronomasíān		 τὼ πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́ᾱ
tṑ paronomasíā		 τᾱ̀ς πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s paronomasíās
Vocative πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́ᾱ
paronomasíā		 πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́ᾱ
paronomasíā		 πᾰρονομᾰσῐ́αι
paronomasíai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • → Latin: paronomasia

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