μεταπλασμός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μεταπλάσσω (metaplássō, “I transform, remould”) + -μός (-mós), from μετά (metá) + πλάσσω (plássō, “I form, mould”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /me.ta.plaz.mós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /me.ta.plazˈmos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /me.ta.plazˈmos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /me.ta.plazˈmos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /me.ta.plazˈmos/
Noun
μετᾰπλᾰσμός • (metăplăsmós) m (genitive μετᾰπλᾰσμοῦ); second declension
- metaplasm (the formation of inflected forms from a non-existent lemma)
- 2nd century AD, Ἀπολλώνιος, Περὶ Ἐπιρρημάτων, 183.22:
- Ἔχει δὲ καὶ ὁ σχηματισμὸς τῇδε. ὅν τρόπον καὶ ἐπ’ ὀνομάτων μεταπλασμοὶ γίνονται, καθάπερ τὸ ἐρυσάρματες, τὸ λῖτα, τὸ παρὰ Σαμφοῖ αὔα […]
- Ékhei dè kaì ho skhēmatismòs tēîde. hón trópon kaì ep’ onomátōn metaplasmoì gínontai, katháper tò erusármates, tò lîta, tò parà Samphoî aúa […]
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- 2nd century AD, Ἀπολλώνιος, Περὶ Ἐπιρρημάτων, 183.22:
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ μετᾰπλᾰσμός ho metăplăsmós |
τὼ μετᾰπλᾰσμώ tṑ metăplăsmṓ |
οἱ μετᾰπλᾰσμοί hoi metăplăsmoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ μετᾰπλᾰσμοῦ toû metăplăsmoû |
τοῖν μετᾰπλᾰσμοῖν toîn metăplăsmoîn |
τῶν μετᾰπλᾰσμῶν tôn metăplăsmôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ μετᾰπλᾰσμῷ tōî metăplăsmōî |
τοῖν μετᾰπλᾰσμοῖν toîn metăplăsmoîn |
τοῖς μετᾰπλᾰσμοῖς toîs metăplăsmoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν μετᾰπλᾰσμόν tòn metăplăsmón |
τὼ μετᾰπλᾰσμώ tṑ metăplăsmṓ |
τοὺς μετᾰπλᾰσμούς toùs metăplăsmoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μετᾰπλᾰσμέ metăplăsmé |
μετᾰπλᾰσμώ metăplăsmṓ |
μετᾰπλᾰσμοί metăplăsmoí | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: metaplasmus
- Catalan: metaplasme
- → English: metaplasm
- French: métaplasme
- → German: Metaplasmus
- → Occitan: metaplasme
- Spanish: metaplasmo
Further reading
- “μεταπλασμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μεταπλασμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette