"hypallage," because one word as it were is substituted for another. From Wordnik.com. [The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4] Reference
= Professor R.J. Tarrant points out to me the hypallage in this passage. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Poems of Ovid] Reference
Ethiopians of Cush, dwelling in tents, the habitation for the inhabitant, by a hypallage. From Wordnik.com. [The Sermons of John Owen] Reference
And what of hypallage, or ` transferred epithet '?. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XII No 1] Reference
Some make fdver of drofs an hypallage for drofs of Jil '. From Wordnik.com. [Notes critical and explanatory on the Books of Psalms and Proverbs, intended to correct the grammatical errors of the text from the collations of the mss. by D. Kennicott on the Psalms and by him and De Rossi on the Proverbs; and to restore and elucidate some corrupt and obscure passages, by comparing the mss. with the antient versions, the parallel places of scripture, the proposed emendations of many able critics, and submitting some further conjectural readings to the judgment of the learned] Reference
The epithet is, by hypallage, transferred from the person to the dew or cold sweat which. From Wordnik.com. [Milton's Comus] Reference
Editor Agnes called it an example of hypallage. From Wordnik.com. [Christian Science Monitor | All Stories] Reference
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