synonymous
synonymous
adj.
P. συνώνυμος (Aristotle).
adj.
P. συνώνυμος (Aristotle).
SYNONYMOUS
idem declarans: idem significans: quod idem declarat significat or valet: quo idem intelligi potest (☞ Cic. Fin. 3 4 14; Quint. 10 1 7): cognominatus (συνώνυμος; e.g. verba; a sure reading Cic. Partit. 15 53). Some expressions have the property that they are synonymous with several words sunt alia hujus naturae ut idem pluribus vocibus declarent.
idem declarans: idem significans: quod idem declarat significat or valet: quo idem intelligi potest (☞ Cic. Fin. 3 4 14; Quint. 10 1 7): cognominatus (συνώνυμος; e.g. verba; a sure reading Cic. Partit. 15 53). Some expressions have the property that they are synonymous with several words sunt alia hujus naturae ut idem pluribus vocibus declarent.
synonymous: idem declarans, significans, valens: many s. terms, plura vocabula idem declarantia, Cic.: v. sup.: "I see" is often s. with "I know," video saepe idem valet quod scio, Quint. 10, 1, 3: we are looking for a word s. with the Greek, quaerimus verbum quod Graeco idem valeat, Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 13.