Metamorphoses
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μετᾰμορφώσεις (metămorphṓseis), plural of μετᾰμόρφωσῐς (metămórphōsĭs).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɛ.ta.mɔrˈpʰoː.seːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [me.t̪a.morˈfɔː.s̬es]
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