metaplasmus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μεταπλασμός (metaplasmós).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /me.taˈplas.mus/, [mɛt̪äˈpɫ̪äs̠mʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /me.taˈplas.mus/, [met̪äˈpläzmus]
Noun
[edit]metaplasmus m (genitive metaplasmī); second declension
- A grammatical change; an irregularity, metaplasm.
- The transformation of prose text in form for metric or decorative purposes.
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Descendants
[edit]- Catalan: metaplasme
- → English: metaplasm
- French: métaplasme
- → German: Metaplasmus
- → Occitan: metaplasme
- Spanish: metaplasmo
References
[edit]- “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.