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μεταφορά̄

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μεταφορά̄ μεταφορᾶς

Structure: μεταφορ (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Sense

  1. transference
  2. (rhetoric) metaphor, trope

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • Αἰσχύλοσ γοῦν κατὰ μεταφορὰν ἐν Ἰξίονί φησι· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 79 3:1)
  • κατασείειν δ’ ἔλεγον ἐπὶ τῶν ἐν τοῖσ πότοισ προπινόντων, τὴν μεταφορὰν λαμβάνοντεσ ἀπὸ τῶν τοὺσ καρποὺσ κατασειόντων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 36 5:1)
  • τὸ δὲ καὶ τοῖσ ὀνόμασι τοῖσ ἐπὶ ἑτέρων πραγμάτων κειμένοισ κατὰ μεταφορὰν χρῆσθαι τῶν ἀφελῶν ἐστιν, οἱο͂ν πολλοὺσ ἐραστὰσ τῆσ ἑαυτοῦ φιλίασ ἐποιήσατο, καὶ πάλιν τοὺσ τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἀκολούθουσ· (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , chapter 13 6:4)
  • λέγοι δ’ ἂν ἴσωσ κατὰ μεταφορὰν ἔκπωμα τὴν φιάλην. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 34 1:14)
  • ἔστι δὲ καὶ ὁ μεγαλοπρεπὴσ οὐ περὶ τὴν τυχοῦσαν πρᾶξιν καὶ προαίρεσιν, ἀλλὰ τὴν δαπάνην, εἰ μή που κατὰ μεταφορὰν λέγομεν· (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 3 117:1)

Synonyms

  1. metaphor

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