Scriptural Examples.

Judg. 12.7. And Jephthah was buried in the cities of Gilead, (i. e) in one City of that Region.

Mat. 27.44. The thieves also which were crucified with him upbraided him; (i. e.) one of Page  37 the thieves, namely, the unbelieving and un∣converted thief.

So also Gen. 21.7. & 46.7. * compared with the 15, & 17. verses.

But of the Grammarians it is called a Sy∣necdoche, or Comprehension, * when a com∣mon word or name is restrained to a part which is expressed by the Accusative Case.

And they call it Comprehension, because the particular is comprehended of the universal.

This Synecdoche is a figure of Construction, and is when that which is part is attributed to the whole: as,

Aethiops albus dentes, an Ethiopian white in the teeth; here, white agreeing to the teeth only, is attributed to the whole Ethiopian:

Pro toto positae partes, quam passio signat,* Quartum vel sextum casum Synecdoche tradit. Passivis, Neutris, adjectis, participiisq: 1. Dentibus alba. 2. Caput doleo. 3. Spoliata la∣certos.

• 1. Dentibus alba, White in the teeth.
• 2. Caput doleo, I am pained in my head.
• 3. Spoliata lacertos, Bereft of the strength of the body.

By this Synecdoche all Nouns Adjectives, signifying any property; also Verbs Passives, and Neuters, signifying any passion, may go∣vern an Accusative or an Ablative Case, signi∣fying the place wherein the property or passion is: as,

Page  38Aeger pedes, or pedibus, Diseased in the feet.

Rubet Capillos, His hairs are red.

Truncatus membra bipenni, Cut in the limbs with an axe.

Caetera similes, uno differunt, Like in other things, in one thing they differ.