"metalepsis" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: metalepses [plural]
Etymology: From Latin metalēpsis, from Ancient Greek μετάληψις (metálēpsis, “succession”). From Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-), from μετά (metá), from Mycenaean Greek 𐀕𐀲 (me-ta), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *meth₂ (“in the middle”) and Ancient Greek λῆψις (lêpsis, “seizure”) and λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|metalēpsis}} Latin metalēpsis, {{uder|en|grc|μετάληψις||succession}} Ancient Greek μετάληψις (metálēpsis, “succession”), {{bor|en|grc|μετα-}} Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-), {{der|en|gmy|𐀕𐀲}} Mycenaean Greek 𐀕𐀲 (me-ta), {{noncog|ine-pro|*meth₂||in the middle}} Proto-Indo-European *meth₂ (“in the middle”), {{bor|en|grc|λῆψις||seizure}} Ancient Greek λῆψις (lêpsis, “seizure”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|metalepses}} metalepsis (countable and uncountable, plural metalepses)
  1. (rhetoric) 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. Tags: countable, rhetoric, uncountable Categories (topical): Rhetoric Synonyms: transumption Translations (strict sense): métalepse [feminine] (French), metalepsi [feminine] (Italian), metalēpsis [feminine] (Latin), metalepsja [feminine] (Polish), metalepse [feminine] (Portuguese)

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