mĕtaphŏrĭcē, adv. [metaphora],
metaphorically, figuratively (post-class.), Acron. ad Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 1.—Also mĕtaphŏrĭ-cōs , μεταφορικῶς, Acron. ad Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 29 sq.; Schol. Juv. 7, 103.