Pronunciation: si-no-ni'-mi-a
Alternate Spelling: interpretatio, nominis communio
Latin Synonyms: synonymy, the figure of store, the interpreter
In general, the use of several synonyms together to amplify or explain a given subject or term. A kind of repetition that adds emotional force or intellectual clarity. Synonymia often occurs in parallel fashion.
The tribune Murellus taunts the Roman populace in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar for their fickleness, calling the people several different pejorative names: You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things!