metaphora
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
Latin > English
metaphora metaphorae N F :: metaphor
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mĕtaphŏra: ae, f., = μεταφορά,
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
mĕtăphŏra, æ, f. (μεταφορά), métaphore : Quint. 8, 6, 4 ; 8, 6, 18 ; Schol. Juv. 1, 169.
Latin > German (Georges)
metaphora, ae, f. (μεταφορά), als rhet t. t. = die Übertragung eines Wortes in eine uneigentliche Bedeutung, die Metapher, rein lat. translatio, s. Quint. 8, 6, 4 sqq. Charis. 272, 8. Fest. 153 (a), 2. Pompeii comment. 305, 7 K. Schol. Iuven. 1, 169.
