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SYNECDOCHE is the interchange or transference of the words from one thing to another, on account of an internal connection in the things. [Ernesti In. Eh. p. 161, § 327.] There are four species of Synecdoche : Synecdoche of the Whole ( for a part) — of a Part ( for the ivhole ) — of the Genus (for the species) — of the Species (for the genus). — Examples : The Whole for the part, — Eom. vii. 1, o vo/xog zvpiebsi — where the whole law is put for the law of ma- trimony.— The greater part for the Whole : Matt, ii, 6, zcii B^Xgg/z, yrj Y ouda, “ Und du Bethlehem, du Gegend Yuda.” — Yers. Beng. Germ. — The less part for the Whole: Matt. xii. 40, the note of the Gnomon, rpsTg yipepag — u the first night and day (expressed Synec- dochically) extends from about the tenth hour of the Friday down to the night, not inclusively.” — u This part of a night and day is taken for the whole of the first night and day .” — The Genus for the Species : Luke ii. 1, a<zoypd(pz<sdai Kacav rqv oizov/asvyiv. The whole habitable globe is put for the world subject to Kome, from which J udea is not excepted. — The Species for the Genus : Heb. i. 1, rrdXai 6 Qsbg XaXrjffag. The speaking of God is put for every kind of communica- tion.— Comp, the Titles, Metaphor, Metonymy.
SYNTHESIS, or SYNESIS, is, when a Pronoun, Yerb, or Par- ticiple, is construed with a collective Noun , not grammatically, but according to the sense : for example, — Matt. xxv. 32, cravra rd Ur/\ zai utpopit? abrobg — for aura. Also ch. xxviii. 19, /^a^rsuffars rcdvra ra, sQvrj, fiarrr/fyvrsg abrobg. — Comp, the Title SYLLEPSIS.
SYNTHETON are two words, which either emphatically — or frequently occur conjoined in Holy Scripture. For example, — Often wisdom and power are joined. Gnom. on Acts vii. 22. — The giving of thanks and peace; Philip, iv. 6, 7, iizrd ibyapnsriag — za i ij
e/prjvri Col. iii. 15, zai i] s/pijVTj — zai ibyapnsroi yiv&cOe. — Luke i.
75, iv ogiotyiti zai drzaioffbvr,. — Eph. iv. 24 ; comp. 1 Thess. ii. 10, offluc
zai hiza'nag 1 Cor. xiii. 4, aya-TTj [hazpoQu^tT, ^pYjGrzbsrai. Comp.
Gal. v. 22, (jju-zpoQvfjj'ia, ^pyiffr6rr,g. — 2 Cor. vii. 7, IT; Philem. ver. 7. See Gnom.
taiieinh2I2. — See the Title Litotes.
TAUTOLOGY is the empty (needless) repetition of a word or a sentence, which is altogether the same either in respect to the sound, or even in respect to the sense. See Gnom. on Acts xxiii. 6, note on v/bg teapiffaiov. — Kom. vii. 13, note on zaT?pya^svyi.
TMESIS (Gr. Tfjjt/g, a cutting) is, when a compound or a con- nected phrase is divided : as, Eph. vi. 8, o sdv n for o,r/ idv.
TROPE is the change of any word from its proper signification
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