pars pro toton.

Brit.

/ˌpɑːz prəʊ ˈtəʊtəʊ/, U.S.

/ˌpɑrz proʊ ˈtoʊdoʊ/,

/ˌpɑrz proʊ ˈtoʊˌtoʊ/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pars pro toto.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin pars pro toto a part for the whole (c400 in Augustine) < classical Latin pars part n.¹ + prō on behalf of (see pro prep.) + tōtō , ablative of tōtus all, whole (see toto- comb. form).

In Rhetoric: a figure in which reference to a part is used to convey reference to a whole. Hence: a part or aspect of something taken as representative of the whole. Cf. synecdoche n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > [noun] > typical or representative case > part as representative of the whole

pars pro toto?1602

?1602 Narcissus (MS Bodl. Rawl. poet. 212) (1893) 19 Suppose you the well had a buckett, And so the buckett stands for the well; And 'tis..A very pretty figure cald pars pro toto.

1620 T. Middleton & W. Rowley World Tost sig. C2 By his Needle he vnderstands Ironia, That with one eye lookes two wayes at once: Metonymia euer at his fingers ends. Some call his Pickadell, Synecdoche: But I thinke rather that should be his Yard Being but Pars pro toto.

1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi vii. i. 5/2 Synecdochical [misprinted -doctrical] Pay, being a certain Figure in our Avaritious..Rhetoric, by which there passes, pars pro Toto.

1807 Ld. Byron Hours of Idleness 131 Whether any perished in the Battle of Culloden, I am not certain; but as many fell in the insurrection, I have used the name of the principal action, pars pro toto.

1825 Lancet 5 Feb. 149/1 A pars pro toto quotation will be quite sufficient.

1884 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club. 11 3 If the ‘spores’ (pars pro toto, I presume) did transform the root into their own substance, we should not find pectose in so large a proportion.

1921 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 41 159 Periods are reckoned on the pars pro toto principle, a day and night being frequently denoted by a ‘sleep,’ a month by a ‘new moon’.

1965 Eng. Stud. 46 55 It is a pars pro toto figure, just as rand is used to refer not only to the metal border or ring round the wooden board but also to the shield as such.

1990 Mediamatic (Edge 90: Special Issue) Summer 218 Like the magical law of pars pro toto.., that you gain mastery over a creature by seizing some part of it.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pars pro toto
释义	pars pro toton. Brit. /ˌpɑːz prəʊ ˈtəʊtəʊ/, U.S. /ˌpɑrz proʊ ˈtoʊdoʊ/, /ˌpɑrz proʊ ˈtoʊˌtoʊ/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pars pro toto. Etymology: < post-classical Latin pars pro toto a part for the whole (c400 in Augustine) < classical Latin pars part n.¹ + prō on behalf of (see pro prep.) + tōtō , ablative of tōtus all, whole (see toto- comb. form). In Rhetoric: a figure in which reference to a part is used to convey reference to a whole. Hence: a part or aspect of something taken as representative of the whole. Cf. synecdoche n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > [noun] > typical or representative case > part as representative of the whole pars pro toto?1602 ?1602 Narcissus (MS Bodl. Rawl. poet. 212) (1893) 19 Suppose you the well had a buckett, And so the buckett stands for the well; And 'tis..A very pretty figure cald pars pro toto. 1620 T. Middleton & W. Rowley World Tost sig. C2 By his Needle he vnderstands Ironia, That with one eye lookes two wayes at once: Metonymia euer at his fingers ends. Some call his Pickadell, Synecdoche: But I thinke rather that should be his Yard Being but Pars pro toto. 1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi vii. i. 5/2 Synecdochical [misprinted -doctrical] Pay, being a certain Figure in our Avaritious..Rhetoric, by which there passes, pars pro Toto. 1807 Ld. Byron Hours of Idleness 131 Whether any perished in the Battle of Culloden, I am not certain; but as many fell in the insurrection, I have used the name of the principal action, pars pro toto. 1825 Lancet 5 Feb. 149/1 A pars pro toto quotation will be quite sufficient. 1884 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club. 11 3 If the ‘spores’ (pars pro toto, I presume) did transform the root into their own substance, we should not find pectose in so large a proportion. 1921 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 41 159 Periods are reckoned on the pars pro toto principle, a day and night being frequently denoted by a ‘sleep,’ a month by a ‘new moon’. 1965 Eng. Stud. 46 55 It is a pars pro toto figure, just as rand is used to refer not only to the metal border or ring round the wooden board but also to the shield as such. 1990 Mediamatic (Edge 90: Special Issue) Summer 218 Like the magical law of pars pro toto.., that you gain mastery over a creature by seizing some part of it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1602
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