Metamorphoses

See also: metamorphoses, métamorphoses, and métamorphosés

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μετᾰμορφώσεις (metamorphṓseis), plural of μετᾰμόρφωσῐς (metamórphōsis).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /me.ta.morˈpʰoː.seːs/, [mɛt̪ämɔrˈpʰoːs̠eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me.ta.morˈfo.ses/, [met̪ämorˈfɔːs̬es]

Proper noun

Metamorphōsēs f pl (genitive Metamorphōseōn); third declension

1. 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.

Case	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