Metaphrastic

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

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  • metaphrastic — adjective of, relating to, or produced using metaphrase …   Wiktionary

  • metaphrastic — met·a·phras·tic …   English syllables

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  • 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

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  • 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

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