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metaplasmus
metaplasmus
Latin
Noun
metaplasmus m (genitive metaplasmī); second declension
- A grammatical change; an irregularity, metaplasm.
- The transformation of prose text in form for metric or decorative purposes.
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | metaplasmus | metaplasmī |
| genitive | metaplasmī | metaplasmōrum |
| dative | metaplasmō | metaplasmīs |
| accusative | metaplasmum | metaplasmōs |
| ablative | metaplasmō | metaplasmīs |
| vocative | metaplasme | metaplasmī |
Descendants
- English: metaplasm
References
- metaplasmus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “metaplasmus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.