μετασχηματίζω: Difference between revisions

|txtha=[[future]] μετασχηματίσω (cf. Buttmann, 37 (32)); 1st aorist μετεσχημάτισα; [[middle]] [[present]] μετασχηματίζομαι; to [[change]] the [[figure]] of, to [[transform]] ([[see]] [[μετά]], III:2): τί, εἰς τινα, to [[transform]] [[oneself]] [[into]] [[someone]], to [[assume]] [[one]]'s [[appearance]], ὡς [[τίς]], so as to [[have]] the [[appearance]] of [[someone]], [[μετασχηματίζω]] τί εἰς τινα, to [[shape]] [[one]]'s [[discourse]] so as to [[transfer]] to [[oneself]] [[what]] holds true of the [[whole]] class to [[which]] [[one]] belongs, i. e. so as to [[illustrate]] by [[what]] [[one]] says of [[himself]] [[what]] holds true of [[all]]: Isaiah, 'by [[what]] I [[have]] said of [[myself]] and Apollos, I [[have]] shown [[what]] holds true of [[all]] Christian teachers.' ([[Plato]], legg. 10, p. 903e.; ([[Aristotle]], de caele 3,1, p. 298{b}, 31, etc.); Josephus, Antiquities 7,10, 5; 8,11, 1; [[Plutarch]], Ages. 14; def. orac. c. 30; ([[Philo]], [[leg]]. ad Gaium § 11); Sextus Empiricus, 10, p. 688, Fabric. edition (p. 542,23edition, Bekker).) [ SYNONYMS: [[μεταμορφόω]], [[μετασχηματίζω]]: (cf. [[μετασχηματίζω]] would [[here]] [[refer]] to the [[transient]] [[condition]] from [[which]], [[μεταμορφόω]] to the [[permanent]] [[state]] to [[which]], the [[change]] takes [[place]]. Trench (N. T. Synonyms, § lxx.), [[however]], supposes [[that]] [[μετασχηματίζω]] is [[here]] preferred to [[μεταμορφόω]] as expressing '[[transition]] [[but]] no [[absolute]] [[solution]] of continuity', the [[spiritual]] [[body]] [[being]] developed from the [[natural]], as the butterfly from the caterpillar" (Lightfoot on Phil. 'Detached Note,' p. 131). See [[μορφή]], at the [[end]]]