μεταμόρφωσις
From LSJ
Ὁ μὲν βίος βραχύς, ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρή, ὁ δὲ καιρὸς ὀξύς, ἡ δὲ πεῖρα σφαλερή, ἡ δὲ κρίσις χαλεπή → Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience misleading and judgment difficult
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A transformation, Str.1.2.11 (pl.), Hierocl.p.21 A., Luc.Salt.57, Halc.1 tit., Gal.5.193, App.BC4.42, Ant. Diog.13 (pl.); τούτοις (sc. φυτοῖς) ἐμφύεται ψυχὴ κατὰ τὴν μ. Porph.Abst.1.6; μεταμορφώσεων συναγωγή, title of work by Antoninus Liberalis.
