μεταφορά

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Τὸ μανθάνειν δ' ἥδιστον εὖ λέγοντος, εἰ κέρδος λέγοι → It is the sweetest thing to learn from one speaking well, if they speak profitably

Sophocles, Antigone, 1031-2
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Transliteration A: metaphorá Transliteration B: metaphora Transliteration C: metafora Beta Code: metafora/

English (LSJ)

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   A transference, Nicom.Com.1.35; of ownership, BGU 1127.37 (i B. C.).    2 transport, haulage, Hero Bel.102.11 (pl.); οἴνου POxy.729.24 (ii A. D.).    3 change, phase of the moon, Plu. 2.923c.    II Rhet., transference of a word to a new sense, metaphor, Isoc.9.9 (pl.), Arist.Po.1457b6, Rh.1410b36, Epicur.Nat.28.5, Plu.Cic.40, Demetr.Eloc.78 (pl.), etc.