"pars pro toto" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: /pars proː ˈtoː.toː/ [Classical-Latin], [pärs̠ proː ˈt̪oːt̪oː] [Classical-Latin], /pars pro ˈto.to/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [pärs prɔː ˈt̪ɔːt̪o] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From pars (“part”) + prō (“for”) + tōtō, ablative singular of tōtus (“whole, entire”). Head templates: {{la-noun|pars<3.F.abl-e-occ-i.sg> prō tōtō}} pars prō tōtō f sg (genitive partis prō tōtō); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|pars<3.F.abl-e-occ-i.sg> prō tōtō}} Forms: pars prō tōtō [canonical, feminine, singular], partis prō tōtō [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], pars prō tōtō [nominative, singular], partis prō tōtō [genitive, singular], partī prō tōtō [dative, singular], partem prō tōtō [accusative, singular], parte prō tōtō [ablative, singular], partī prō tōtō [ablative, singular], pars prō tōtō [singular, vocative]
  1. A type of metonymy in which an entity (person, object) is referred to by a (conspicuous) part, for the whole, e.g. a country by its capital. Wikipedia link: pars pro toto Tags: declension-3 Related terms: tōtum prō parte
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