Contentum pro Continente, as, Vina coronat, i. e. Craterem Vina continentem; Virg. Æn. 1. Huic

confilio palmam do; Ter. Nulla unquam tas de Laudibus tuis conticefcet, i. e. Homines nullius ætatis; Cic. pro Marc. Signum pro Signato, as, Cedant Arma Toga, i. e. Bellum Paci, Cic. Locatum pro Loco, as, Quafivimus te in omnibus Libellis, i. e. Bibliothecis, Catul. Carm. 56. Vixerunt, i. e. mortui funt. Funds for Mors. &c. See Ezek. vii. 15. Numb. xxxii. 23. Pfalm cv. 18. Gen. iv. 25. Jam. iii. 8. Exod. xv. 6. 2 Kings, iv. 40. Gen. xxxix. 4. Matth. xxvi. 26. Gen. xlix. 10. Josh. xi. 21. Phil. iii. 3.-N. METALEPSIS, or Tranfumption, from μerà, trans, & xapibávw, fumo, is a Species of the Metonymy, where the Trope is far-fetch'd or multiplied; Tropus rariffimus & maxime improprius; Quint. 8. 5. Thus, Poft aliquot mea regna videns mirabor Ariftas; Virg. Ecl. 1. Ubi per Ariftas, fpicas; per fpicas, fegetes; per fegetes, æftates; per æftates, Annos intelligimus. See Lam. iv. 4. ANTONOMASIA, from ἀντὶ, artì, pro, & ovoμa, nomen, the Exchange of Common Names

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ANNOTATION S.
FIGURES of lefs Note.

ES fimul accumulans diverfas congerit HIRMUS.
Propofitum propriis probat ETIOLOGIA Caufis.
Ordine tranfverfo commutat ENALLAGE Voces.
HENDIADI Verbis Res dicitur unica binis.
SYNCHYSIS invertit Seriem Syntaxeos omnem.
Quæ Res præcedunt poft HYSTEROLOGIA-ponit.
Explanat totum partes numerando MERISMUS.
Hiftoriâ fimili PARADEIGMA illuftrat, & urget.
Complet Particulis Voces in Fine PARELCON.
Vix licitas effert audax PARRHESIA Voces.
Omnes defignat GNOME, huncce NOEMA vel illum.
Sermonum Tenebras bene diffipat EXEGESIS.
Rem folvens dubiam præmiffa PROECTHESIS infert.
Singula diftinctis HYPOZEUXIS Vocibus ornat.
Aquat Syllabicis ISOCOLON Commata Membris.
PÆANISMUS amat lætari, & Gaudia quærit.
Infperati aliquid PARADOXON fubjicit hærens.

GRAMMA

Names for Proper, and the contrary, is alfo a Branch of the Metonymy; as, Sardanapalus for Homo libidinofus; Nero for Homo crudelis; Aristides for juftus; Cræfus for dives; Mecenas for patronus; Thrafo for a Boafter. So Omnipotens for Deus; Panus for Hannibal; Poëta for Virgil; Orator for Cicero. Irus & eft fubito, qui modo Croefus erat; Ovid. Qui Curios fimulant & Bacchanalia vivunt; Juv. Sat. 3. See Matth. xxi. 3. John xi. 28. Matth. ix. 6. &c.

IV. SYANNOTATION S.

GRAMMATICAL FIGURES.

Utatur proprie METAPLASMO Syllaba Vocis.
Principio PROTHESIS fuperaddit, APHÆRESIS aufert.

Mi

SYNCOPE de Medio trudit, fed EPENTHESIS indit.
APOCOPE demit Fini PARAGOGE quod addit.
METATHESIS de fede movens Elementa reponit:
ANTISTOICHON & ANTITHESIS Elementa refingunt.
TMESIS compofitam folet in duo fcindere Vocem.
ANTIMERIA folet pro Parte ponere Partem.

Deficit ELLIPSIS, Verbis PLEONASMUS abundat.
Subftantiva duo Cafu APPONUNTUR eodem.
EVOCAT ad primam se tertia, five fecundam.
Adhibet indignum SYLLEPSIS fub magè digno.
PROLEPSIS Vocem de Partibus innuit unam.
Plura uni Adjecto aut Verbo dat Nomina ZEUGMA,
SYNTHESIS eit Structurâ incongrua, congrua Senfu.
Cafum ANTIPTOSIS pro Cafu ponere gaudet.

Ob zara fuppreffum Quartoque SYNECDOCHE gaudet.
Prifcè ARCHAISMUS loquitur, Græcè HELLENISMUS.
Ante H Vocales, vel fe SYNALPHA revellit.
M capit & fociam ECTHLIPSIS: S fuftulit olim.
Conficit ex binis contracta SYNÆRESIS unam.
Dividit in binas refoluta DIERESIS unam.
Finalem CASURA brevem producere gaudet.
SYSTOLE corripit, extenditque DIASTOLE Tempus.
Membrum interpofito Sermone PARENTHESIS auget.
Lineolâ Voces diverfas copulat HYPHEN.
DIALYSIS mediam transfert in proxima Vocem.
Syllaba five etiam Pes deficit ACATALEXI.

Vel Pede vel Membris HYPERCATALEXIS abundat.
ANTIPODIA Pedum Menfuras innovat æquas.
Commate diftinguit mediam HYPODIASTOLE Vocem.
Hebræas Phrales imitabitur HEBRAISMUS.

CHIEF

IV. SYNECDOCHE, Zuvendoxn, Comprebenfion, from ouvexdexoμai, comprehendo. EXAMPLES. 1. Where a Part is taken for the Whole; Animâque litandum Argolica; Virg. Æn. 2. for Homine Argolico. Give us this Day our daily Bread. So Mucro is put for Gladius, Tectum for Domus, Tela for Arma, Hyems for Annus, Aufter for Ventus. Hoftis habet muros, for Hoftes; Virg. Plus millies audivi; Ter. Sexcenta licet ejufmodi proferre, for an Indefinite Number; Cic. 2. Where the Whole is taken for a Part; as, They have taken away my Lord, meaning only the Body of Jesus; John xx. 13. So Virtus is us'd for Fortitudo, Ales for Aquila, Elephantus for Ebur, Quadrupes for Equus, Colour for Redness, Atrides for Agamemnon or Menelaus. Pabula guftâssent Troja, Xan. thumque bibiffent, i. e. partem Pabubli & partem Xanthi fluvii; Virg. Nos populo impofuimus, & Oratores vifi fumus. Sequemur Stoicos; Cic. de fe. &c. Which laft Examples are call'd COINOTES, Communication, from xowds, communis. See 1 Cor. x. 9. For Synecdoche, fee Gen. xii. 5. Matth. viii. 8. Ifa. i. 3. Job xiv. 1. Mark xvi. 15. Gen. vi. 12. 2 Pet. iii. 6. Jer. viii. 7. Rom. iii. 28. &c. V. IRONY, ANNOTATION S.

UN

CHIEF TURNS or REPETITIONS.
YNAM diverfis Frontem dat ANAPHORA Membris.
Unum diverfis Finem dat EPISTROPHE Membris.
Incipit & finit pariter duo SYMPLOCE Membra.
Confirmat Vocem repetens EPIZEUXIS eandem.
Voce ANADIPLOSIS quâ finit incipit ipsâ.
Hic dat Principium, Finem EPANALEPSIS & illic.
Inverfo repetens dat EPANODOS ordine Voces.
Verba PLOCE repetit paulùm mutantia Senfum.
Nomen idem variis POLYPTOTON Cafibus effert.
Dat varium Senfum Voci ANTANACLASIS eidem.
PARANOMASIA alludit Sonitumque imitatur.
Naturæ ejufdem fibi Verba PAREGMENON addit.
Corjungit pariles Fines HOMOIOTELEUTON.
Iifdem plura facit SYNONIMIA Nomina Rebus.

REPE

V. IRONY, Eigwvsía, Diffimulation, from eigwvevoμas, diffimulo. EXAMPLES. Thus, as when fneeringly we intend the Contrary to what we speak, which may be perceiv'd either by the Accent of the Voice, Character of the Perfon, or Nature of the Thing, as, Id populus curat fcilicet; Ter. O falve bone Vir, curafti probè! Ter. Egregiam vero Laudem, & Spolia ampla refertis, Tuque tuufque Puer; Virg. Tum credo cum me arbuftum videre Miconis, Atque malá vites incidere falce novellas; Virg. Ecl. 3. Integritas tua te purgabit, mihi crede, Pudor eripuit, Vita antealta fervavit ; Cic. in Clodium improbum. In like Manner may we call an Harlot Penelope, or a Fool Solomon. See Matth. xxvi. 50. Gen. iii. 22. 2 Sam. vi. 20. Judg. x. 14. Matth. xxvi. 45. 1 Kings xviii. 27. Job xii. 2. Eccl. xi. 9.-N. To an Irony in fome Senfe may be refer'd the Six following, viz. 1. SARCASMUS, from capná?w, Carnes detrabo, a doglike Infult over One dead or dying; as, Hail King of the Jews! Matth. xxvii. See alfo Mark xv. 31, 32. Nahum iii. 14. Pfalm CXxxvii. 3. Satia te Sanguine, Cyre! Juftin. I, verbis Virtutem illude fuperbis! Virg. Æn. 9. Hinc Nuncius ibis Pelide referens! Virg. 2. DIASYRMUS, a Reproach, from darúgw, convitior; as, Interftrepit Anfer Olores; Virg. Larga quidem femper, Drance, tibi copia fandi, Tunc cum bella manus pofcunt; Virg. Æn. 11. 3. CHARIENTISMUS,

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ANNOTATIONS.

REPETITIONS of lefs Note.

OMOIOPTOTON Cafus conjungit eofdem.
Commata plura uno dabit EXERGASIA Senfu.
Inverfis vertit Senfum ANTIMETABOLE Verbis.
Disjungens negat hoc, hoc PARADIASTOLE dicit.
Tota Intervallis dat EPIMONE Carmina certis.
Membrorum primum mediumque MESARCHIA fupplet.
MESOTELEUTON ineft medio finique duorum.
Infert Verba eadem mediis MESOPHONIA Membris.
TAUTOTES in certis Vocem integrat Intervallis.

TISMUS, a fmoothing Joke, from zagíus, gratiofus; as, Bona verba quæfo; Ter. 4. ASTEISMUS, a polite Banter, from asi, urbanus; as, Qui Bavium non odit amet tua carmina Mævi; Atque idem jungat Vulpes & mulgeat Hircos; Virg. 5. MYCTERISMUS, a Turning up the Nofe, from μuxrp, Nafus; as, Di meliora! which is alfo call'd CHLEUASMUS, an antic Jeer. See Luke xvi. 14. 6. MIMESIS, a Mimicking, &c. from μéqua, imitor; as, Fingunt- Fuit olim quidam fenex Mercator: navem is fregit apud Andrum, &c. Ter. Atego nefciebam, quorfum tu ires; Parvula binc eft abrepta, eduxit Mater pro fua, &c. Ter. Eun. Poftremo tanquam in fpeculum, in patinas, Demea, infpicere jubeo, & moneo quid facto ufus fit; Ter. Adelph. See.Pfalmii. 3. 1 Cor. xv. 32. Ifa. xxviii. 15. Micah iii. 11. &c.

Υπερβολή,

VI. HYPERBOLE, Tegoan, an OverShooting, from vip, fuper, & Bánλw, jacio. EXAMPLES. Thus we may overfhoot the Truth by AUXESIS or EPAUXESIS, Increasing; as, Candidior Cycnis; Virg. Ecl. 7. Pice nigrior. Pifce Sanior. Ocyor Aura. See Gen. xi. 4. Or by

MEIOSIS, or TAPEINOSIS, or HYSTERESIS, Diminishing; as, Talpa cacior. Phænice rarior. Iro pauperior. Limace tardior. &c. See Job xxv. 6. The Giant's lofty Head o'er-top'd the Clouds; Virg. Æn. 3. 619. Dum comuntur Annus eft; Ter. Vix offibus hærent; Virg. Geminique minantur in Calum Scopuli; Virg. Polyphemus's Love-Song in Ovid is made up of Hyperboles, Candidior folio nivei Galatea liguftri, Floridior prato, &c. See Met. 13. Jam jam taituros Tartara nigra putes; Ovid. Trift. See Job xxxix. 19. Gen. xli. 47. Exod. viii. 17. Judg. xx. 16. 2 Sam. i. 23. Gen. xxxii. 12. Deut. ix. 1. Pfalm cvii. 26. John xxi. 25. 1 Sam. xxv. 37. Luke x. 15. &c.

VII. CATA