metaplasmus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μεταπλασμός (metaplasmós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) 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.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	metaplasmus	metaplasmī
Genitive	metaplasmī	metaplasmōrum
Dative	metaplasmō	metaplasmīs
Accusative	metaplasmum	metaplasmōs
Ablative	metaplasmō	metaplasmīs
Vocative	metaplasme	metaplasmī

Descendants

• English: metaplasm

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.