metaphrast

[ met-uh-frast ]
/ ˈmɛt əˌfræst /

noun

a person who translates or changes a literary work from one form to another, as prose into verse.

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Origin of metaphrast

1600–10; Medieval Greek metaphrástēs one who translates, equivalent to *metaphrad-, base of metaphrázein to translate (see meta-, phrase) + -tēs agent suffix

OTHER WORDS FROM metaphrast

met·a·phras·tic, met·a·phras·ti·cal, adjectivemet·a·phras·ti·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby metaphrast

Metaphen, metaphor, metaphosphate, metaphosphoric acid, metaphrase, metaphrast, metaphys., metaphysial dysostosis, metaphysial dysplasia, metaphysic, metaphysical
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British Dictionary definitions for metaphrast

metaphrast
/ (ˈmɛtəˌfræst) /

noun

a person who metaphrases, esp one who changes the form of a text, as by rendering verse into prose

Derived forms of metaphrast

metaphrastic or metaphrastical, adjectivemetaphrastically, adverb

Word Origin for metaphrast

C17: from Medieval Greek metaphrastēs translator
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