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metaphora

metaphora · f

a rhetorical figure, metaphor, a transferring of a word from its proper signification to another

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Where it lives

Institutio Oratoria 3 · 0.17/10k

What it meant

mĕtaphŏra — Lewis & Short

mĕtaphŏra, ae, f., = metafora/,

I a rhetorical figure, metaphor, a transferring of a word from its proper signification to another (called by Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 155, verbi translatio; post-Aug.), Quint. 8, 6, 18; (as Greek), id. 8, 6, 4 sqq.; Schol. Juv. 1, 169.

In the wild

metaphora Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 8.6.18
metaphora Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 8.6.8
metaphora Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 6.3.68

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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