4 VALÉRIE KABERGS – HANS AUSLOOS sity of definitions of paronomasia already present in classical times. The summarized definitions of Quintus, Tiberius and Hermogenes of Tarsus, for example, are not in agreement with the aforementioned understanding of paronomasia 12. As can be concluded on the basis of the survey of Casanowicz himself, the Roman rhetor Quintus uses a broader definition of paronomasia in also accepting the repetition of the same word with a different meaning (or with the same mean- ing, but with an additional aspect) and the change of prepositions in compounds as examples of paronomasia. Another definition one finds in the descriptions of paronomasia is given by Tiberius and Her- mogenes of Tarsus, who apply the concept of paronomasia to the use of the same word in its literal and metaphorical meanings. Secondly, Casanowicz himself creates a terminological confu- sion by using two different definitions of paronomasia. In the be- ginning of his study, Casanowicz clearly writes that the concept of paronomasia in classical times is generally related to the specific combination of words that share a similar sound pattern but differ in meaning 13. One reads the same description in the second part of his work, namely that the “charm and effect” of paronomasia lie in the union of similarity of sound with dissimilarity of sense 14. However, these definitions do not correspond to the description he adopts else- where. Apart from the aforementioned instances, Casanowicz ap- plies the term paronomasia to “a general denomination for the whole range of the figures of sound in the Old Testament”, and therefore to wordplay as well as alliteration, assonance, and other forms of rhyme 15. Thus, Casanowicz eventually uses an extended definition of paronomasia when referring to figures of sound tout court and no longer pays attention to the rather “strict” description of parono- masia, which ― according to his own writings ― was used most often in classical rhetoric. 12 CASANOWICZ, Paronomasia in the Old Testament, 2-3. 13 CASANOWICZ, Paronomasia in the Old Testament, 2. 14 CASANOWICZ, Paronomasia in the Old Testament, 26. 15 Cf. CASANOWICZ, Paronomasia in the Old Testament, 4. This definition is also prominent in Casanowicz’s classification of different types of parono- masia, where he differentiates between alliteration, assonance, other forms of rhyme and wordplay. CASANOWICZ, Paronomasia in the Old Testament, 30-40.