#totum_pro_parte

Totum pro parte

Latin phrase meaning "the whole for a part"; form of metonymy

Totum pro parte is Latin for "the whole for a part"; it refers to a kind of metonymy. The plural is tota pro partibus, "wholes for parts". In context of language, it means something is named after something of which it is only a part. A pars pro toto is the opposite of a totum pro parte.

Wed 18th

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