totum pro parte

== Latin == === Etymology === From tōtum (“whole”) + prō (“for”) + parte, ablative singular of pars (“part”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtoː.tũː ˈproː ˈpar.tɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtɔː.tum ˈprɔː ˈpar.te] === Noun === tōtum prō parte n sg (genitive tōtī prō parte); second declension A type of metonymy in which an entity (person, object) is referred to by the whole for the part; e.g. "America" for the United States of America. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter) with an indeclinable portion. ==== See also ==== pars prō tōtō