μεταφορά
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μεταφέρω (metaphérō, “to transfer”) + -η (-ē).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /me.ta.pʰo.rǎː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /me.ta.pʰoˈra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /me.ta.ɸoˈra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /me.ta.foˈra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /me.ta.foˈra/
Noun
μετᾰφορᾱ́ • (metaphorā́) f (genitive μετᾰφορᾶς); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ μετᾰφορᾱ́ hē metaphorā́ |
τὼ μετᾰφορᾱ́ tṑ metaphorā́ |
αἱ μετᾰφοραί hai metaphoraí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς μετᾰφορᾶς tês metaphorâs |
τοῖν μετᾰφοραῖν toîn metaphoraîn |
τῶν μετᾰφορῶν tôn metaphorôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ μετᾰφορᾷ têi metaphorâi |
τοῖν μετᾰφοραῖν toîn metaphoraîn |
ταῖς μετᾰφοραῖς taîs metaphoraîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν μετᾰφορᾱ́ν tḕn metaphorā́n |
τὼ μετᾰφορᾱ́ tṑ metaphorā́ |
τᾱ̀ς μετᾰφορᾱ́ς tā̀s metaphorā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μετᾰφορᾱ́ metaphorā́ |
μετᾰφορᾱ́ metaphorā́ |
μετᾰφοραί metaphoraí | ||||||||||
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Descendants
Further reading
- “μεταφορά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μεταφορά in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- metaphor idem, page 527.
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek μεταφορά (metaphorá).
Noun
μεταφορά • (metaforá) f (plural μεταφορές)
Declension
Declension of μεταφορά
Related terms
- αερομεταφορά f (aerometaforá, “air transport”)
Further reading
μεταφορά on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
