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Definition of Synecdochical
1. Adjective. Using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part; or the special for the general or the general for the special; or the material for the thing made of it. "To use `hand' for `worker' or `ten sail' for `ten ships' or `steel' for `sword' is to use a synecdochic figure of speech"
Similar to: Figurative, Nonliteral
Derivative terms: Synecdoche, Synecdoche
Definition of Synecdochical
1. a. Expressed by synecdoche; implying a synecdoche.
Definition of Synecdochical
1. Adjective. Using an inclusive term for something included, or vice versa; using something spoken of as the whole (hand for laborer) or vice-versa (the court for the judge). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Synecdochical
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Synecdochical
Literary usage of Synecdochical
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appendix to Bennett's Latin Grammar for Teachers and Advanced Students by Charles Edwin Bennett (1895)
"The synecdochical or Greek Accusative (Gr. § 180).— There can be little doubt
that this construction is a ..."
2. A Latin Grammar by Charles Edwin Bennett (1908)
"The synecdochical (or Greek) Accusative denotes the part to which an action or
quality refers ; as, — tremit artus, literally, he trembles as to his limbs, ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"According to the synecdochical mode of speaking; by synecdoche. Bp. Pearson.
synergetic(sin-er-jet'ik). а. [<6г.отл<Е/>)с™:о<;, cooperative ..."
4. The Works of the Rev. John Howe by John Howe, Edmund Calamy (1838)
"Children means the family, as we noted to you before ; an apt synecdochical
expression, as pater-familias is the head of the whole family. ..."
5. The Works by John Howe, Edmund Calamy (1835)
"Children means the family, as we noted lo you before ; an apt synecdochical
expression, as pater-familias is the head of the whole family. ..."
6. Appendix to Bennett's Latin Grammar for Teachers and Advanced Students by Charles Edwin Bennett (1895)
"The synecdochical or Greek Accusative (Gr. § 180).— There can be little doubt
that this construction is a ..."
7. A Latin Grammar by Charles Edwin Bennett (1908)
"The synecdochical (or Greek) Accusative denotes the part to which an action or
quality refers ; as, — tremit artus, literally, he trembles as to his limbs, ..."
8. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"According to the synecdochical mode of speaking; by synecdoche. Bp. Pearson.
synergetic(sin-er-jet'ik). а. [<6г.отл<Е/>)с™:о<;, cooperative ..."
9. The Works of the Rev. John Howe by John Howe, Edmund Calamy (1838)
"Children means the family, as we noted to you before ; an apt synecdochical
expression, as pater-familias is the head of the whole family. ..."
10. The Works by John Howe, Edmund Calamy (1835)
"Children means the family, as we noted lo you before ; an apt synecdochical
expression, as pater-familias is the head of the whole family. ..."
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