agnominatio

Ἀδώνι' ἄγομεν καὶ τὸν Ἄδωνιν κλᾴομεν → We conduct the rites of Adonis, we weep for Adonis (Pherecrates, fr. 170)

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

agnōmĭnātĭo: (adn-), ōnis, f.,
I the bringing together two words different in meaning, but similar in sound, paronomasia, a rhet. fig., = παρονομασία: veniit a te antequam Romam venit. Hunc ăvium dulcedo ducit ad āvium. Si lenones tamquam leones vitāsset. Videte judices, utrum homini navo an vano credere malitis, etc., Auct. ad Her. 4, 21; cf. Quint. 9, 3, 66.

agnōmĭnātĭō, ōnis, v. adnominatio.

agnōminātio, ōnis, f. (ad u. nomino), als rhetor. Figur = παρονομασία, das Zusammenstellen zweier dem Klange nach ähnlicher, der Bedeutung nach ganz verschiedener Wörter, die Paronomasie (wie lenones u. leones u. dgl.), s. Cornif. rhet. 4, 29 u. (Plur.) 32. Quint. 6, 3, 66. Iul. Rufin. de schem. lex. 15.

agnominatio agnominationis N F :: linking two words different in meaning but similar in sound, paronomasia