metaplasmus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μεταπλασμός (metaplasmós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /me.taˈplas.mus/, [mɛt̪äˈpɫ̪äs̠mʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me.taˈplas.mus/, [met̪äˈpläzmus]

Noun

metaplasmus m (genitive metaplasmī); second declension

1. A grammatical change; an irregularity, metaplasm.
2. The transformation of prose text in form for metric or decorative purposes.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	metaplasmus	metaplasmī
genitive	metaplasmī	metaplasmōrum
dative	metaplasmō	metaplasmīs
accusative	metaplasmum	metaplasmōs
ablative	metaplasmō	metaplasmīs
vocative	metaplasme	metaplasmī

Descendants

• Catalan: metaplasme
• → English: metaplasm
• French: métaplasme
• → German: Metaplasmus
• → Occitan: metaplasme
• Spanish: metaplasmo

References

• “metaplasmus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• metaplasmus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.