metaphora

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μεταφορά (metaphorá), from μεταφέρω (metaphérō, “I transfer, apply”), from μετά (metá, “with, across, after”) + φέρω (phérō, “I bear, carry”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /meˈta.pʰo.ra/, [mɛˈt̪äpʰɔrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /meˈta.fo.ra/, [meˈt̪äːforä]

Noun

metaphora f (genitive metaphorae); first declension

1. a metaphor

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	metaphora	metaphorae
Genitive	metaphorae	metaphorārum
Dative	metaphorae	metaphorīs
Accusative	metaphoram	metaphorās
Ablative	metaphorā	metaphorīs
Vocative	metaphora	metaphorae

Descendants

• Catalan: metàfora
• English: metaphor
• French: métaphore
• Italian: metafora
• Portuguese: metáfora
• Romanian: metaforă
• Spanish: metáfora

References

• “metaphora”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• metaphora in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• metaphora in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.