Metamorphoses
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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μετᾰμορφώσεις (metamorphṓseis), plural of μετᾰμόρφωσῐς (metamórphōsis).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /me.ta.morˈpʰoː.seːs/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /me.ta.morˈfo.ses/,
Proper noun
Metamorphōsēs f pl (genitive Metamorphōseōn); third declension
- the name of a narrative poem by Ovid
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Quintilian to this entry?)
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem), plural only.
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Metamorphōsēs |
| genitive | Metamorphōseōn |
| dative | Metamorphōsesin Metamorphōsibus |
| accusative | Metamorphōseis |
| ablative | Metamorphōsesin Metamorphōsibus |
| vocative | Metamorphōsēs |
Related terms
- metamorphōsis
- metamorphista (New Latin)
References
- “Mĕtămorphōses”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “metamorphōsis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Metamorphōsēs” on page 1,105/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Further reading
Metamorphoses on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Metamorphoses (Ovidius) on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
