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παρονομ-ᾰσία

paronomasia · ἡ

play upon words which sound alike

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What it meant

παρονομ-ᾰσία · paronom-asia — LSJ

play upon words which sound alike, assonance

play upon words which sound alike, but have different senses, assonance, id. de Or. 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

use of a word first in its proper, then in a derived sense, Hermog. Id. 2.5.

II derivative, by-name

derivative, Dionysodor. ap. A.D. Pron. 3.16 (pl.) ; by-name, dub. in Ath. 14.629c (pl.).

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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