A.play upon words which sound alike, but have different senses, assonance, Cic.de Orat.2:63.256, Rutil.1.3, Alex Fig. 2.20, Hdn.Fig.p.95 S.
2. use of a word first in its proper, then in a derived sense, Hermog.Id.2.5.
II. derivative, Dionysodor. ap. A.D. Pron. 3.16(pl.) ; by-name, dub. in Ath.14.629c(pl.).