metaphora

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μεταφορά (metaphorá), from μεταφέρω (metaphérō, “to transfer, apply”), from μετά (metá, “with, across, after”) + φέρω (phérō, “to bear, carry”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mɛˈta.pʰɔ.ra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [meˈtaː.fo.ra]

Noun

metaphora f (genitive metaphorae); first declension

1. a metaphor

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	metaphora	metaphorae
genitive	metaphorae	metaphorārum
dative	metaphorae	metaphorīs
accusative	metaphoram	metaphorās
ablative	metaphorā	metaphorīs
vocative	metaphora	metaphorae

Descendants

• Catalan: metàfora
• English: metaphor
  • →? Irish: meafar
• French: métaphore
• Italian: metafora
• Occitan: metafòra
• Portuguese: metáfora
• Romanian: metaforă
• Spanish: metáfora

References

• “metaphora”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "metaphora", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “metaphora”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.