"metaphora" meaning in Latin

See metaphora in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /meˈta.pʰo.ra/ [Classical], [mɛˈt̪äpʰɔrä] [Classical], /meˈta.fo.ra/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [meˈt̪äːforä] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μεταφορά (metaphorá), from μεταφέρω (metaphérō, “I transfer, apply”), from μετά (metá, “with, across, after”) + φέρω (phérō, “I bear, carry”). Etymology templates: {{der|la|grc|μεταφορά}} Ancient Greek μεταφορά (metaphorá), {{m|grc|μεταφέρω||I transfer, apply}} μεταφέρω (metaphérō, “I transfer, apply”), {{m|grc|μετά||with, across, after}} μετά (metá, “with, across, after”), {{m|grc|φέρω||I bear, carry}} φέρω (phérō, “I bear, carry”) Head templates: {{la-noun|metaphora<1>}} metaphora f (genitive metaphorae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|metaphora<1>}} Forms: metaphorae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], metaphora [nominative, singular], metaphorae [nominative, plural], metaphorae [genitive, singular], metaphorārum [genitive, plural], metaphorae [dative, singular], metaphorīs [dative, plural], metaphoram [accusative, singular], metaphorās [accusative, plural], metaphorā [ablative, singular], metaphorīs [ablative, plural], metaphora [singular, vocative], metaphorae [plural, vocative]
  1. a metaphor Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-metaphora-la-noun-oBgdWfWl Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for metaphora meaning in Latin (4.0kB)

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