paronomasia

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Ζήσεις βίον κράτιστον, ἢν θυμοῦ κρατῇς → Vives bene, si sis vacuus iracundia → Am besten lebst du, wenn du deinen Zorn beherrschst

Menander, Monostichoi, 186

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

părŏnŏmăsĭa: ae, f., = παρονομασία>,
I a figure of speech (pure Lat. agnominatio), Rutil. Lup. 1, 3, p. 11 Ruhnk.