- Metaphrastic
- Metaphrastic Met`a*phras"tic, Metaphrastical Met`a*phras"tic*al, a. [Gr. ?.] Close, or literal. [1913 Webster]
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metaphrastic — (adj.) 1778, from Gk. metaphrastikos paraphrastic, from metaphrasis paraphrase, from metaphrazein to paraphrase, translate, from meta (see META (Cf. meta )) + phrazein to show, tell (see PHRASE (Cf. phrase) (n.)). Related: metaph … Etymology dictionary
metaphrastic — See metaphrase. * * * … Universalium
metaphrastic — adjective of, relating to, or produced using metaphrase … Wiktionary
metaphrastic — met·a·phras·tic … English syllables
metaphrastic — adjective see metaphrast … Useful english dictionary
Metaphrastical — Metaphrastic Met a*phras tic, Metaphrastical Met a*phras tic*al, a. [Gr. ?.] Close, or literal. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
metaphrast — metaphrastic, metaphrastical, adj. metaphrastically, adv. /met euh frast /, n. a person who translates or changes a literary work from one form to another, as prose into verse. [1600 10; MGk metaphrástes one who translates, equiv. to *metaphrad … Universalium
Rajden the First-Martyr — Saint Rajden the First Martyr also known as Saint Razdhen of Tsromi (d. 457, feast day: August 3) was a Persia born Christian saint and martyr in Georgia, who died during the oppression of Christian Iberia (E. Georgia) by the Persian Empire.… … Wikipedia
Poglish — Contents 1 Mis metaphrase 2 False friends 3 Latin calques 4 … Wikipedia
Basil of Ancyra — Basil of Ancyra, was a priest in Ancyra, Galatia during the fourth century. [http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint id=1705 St. Basil of Ancyra] at Catholic Online] Very meager information about his life is preserved in a metaphrastic… … Wikipedia
