Definitions for "Syllepsis"
Keywords:  verb, beati, regina, pun, rex
A figure of speech by which a word is used in a literal and metaphorical sense at the same time.
The agreement of a verb or adjective with one, rather than another, of two nouns, with either of which it might agree in gender, number, etc.; as, rex et regina beati.
use of a word to govern two or more words though agreeing in number or case etc. with only one
Keywords:  zeugma, see
See zeugma.