Syllepsis /(?)/
Syl·lep·sis
Syllepsis
n.
- A figure of speech by which a word is used in a literal and metaphorical sense at the same time. (Rhet.)
- 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. (Gram.)