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Susenbrot, Johannes · 1563

Grammar is a genus; Synecdoche is when the understanding of the whole is referred only to a part, below the Greek rule which concerns adjectives and non-adjective nominatives.
3 with desire, fallen by error. Or finally for the sake of ornament: such as 'light of speech', 'clarity of genus', 'storm of assemblies', 'rivers of eloquence', 'fountain and seedbed of glory': and 'the crops fluctuate', that is, are moved, etc.
An Ethiopian white in the teeth.
That is, when the singular is put for the plural, as in such a position. Concerning this river, see Ovid. This trope is for all orators, concerning which see Quintilian, book 9, chapter 6, and book 9, chapter 1.
Matter as cause, such as 'swords' or 'fir' for a ship. Or from the preceding what is made, such as from equals the sequence: such as, 'He loosened the Virginian zone', that is, of virginity. 'He struck the spurs into the horse', that is, he ran. ... [unclear Latin fragment]?
Or the cause of persons, which is indefinitely placed for persons, as in this part for the work, the possessor for the thing, and so on.
Or of things, as duty for duty, the sign for the signed.
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2 Synecdoche Συνεκδοχή Intellection, is whenever one thing is understood from another in any way whatever. Either when many things are understood from one: such as 'The Roman victor in battle' for 'The Romans are victors'. Or the whole from a part: such as 'blade' for 'sword', 'roof' for 'house'. And conversely: such as 'The sea huge from the summit', that is, the storm and wave of the sea: and 'they were carrying the fountain and the fire', that is, a part of the fountain water. Or the genus from the species: such as, 'Horace, more irascible than the Adriatic', for any stormy sea. And 'Acheloian cups', for any river, Virgil wrote. Or when a thing made is signified by its matter: such as 'iron' for 'sword', 'fir' and 'pine' for a ship. Or the sequence from the preceding: such as, 'He loosened the Virginian zone', that is, of virginity. 'He struck the spurs into the horse', that is, he ran. Briefly, whenever one thing is understood from another: such as, 'They have lived', that is, they are dead. And 'We also flourished', that is, we were happy. Thus Cicero.
3 Metonymy Μετωνυμία Trans-naming, is the placing of one name for another: whose power is to place the cause on account of which something is said for the thing that is said. Rhetoricians call this Hypallage. It occurs in several ways. First, when we place the inventor for the thing invented: such as, Ceres for grain, Bacchus for wine, Venus for lust. Vulcan for fire, Neptune for the sea, Mars for war, etc. Second, whenever we use the container for that which is contained: such as, 'the drained jars',
Hypallage is in Daniel the barbarian on Rhetoric. 'We were happy' and 'bees and faith' placed for the thing.