LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun

metălepsis

Meaning

  1. in rhetoric, the use of one word for another which it suggests by association

metălepsis, is, f., = μετάληψις,
I. in rhetoric, the use of one word for another which it suggests by association, as, the cause for the effect, or the reverse; especially when a second substitution is made, as when aristae is said for messis, and then for aestas or annus: est haec in metalepsi natura, ut inter id, quod transfertur, sit medius quidam gradus, nihil ipse significans, sed praebens transitum, Quint. 8, 6, 38: in metalepsin cadit, id. 6, 3, 52.

In English words that came into English from metălepsis

  • metalepsismetălepsis

Quick answers

What does metălepsis mean in Latin?
metălepsis, a noun, means “in rhetoric, the use of one word for another which it suggests by association”.