English → Latin
“metamorphose” in Latin
trānsfōrmōto transform (change in shape)fōrmōto shape, form, fashion, formatfōrmaform; figure, shape, appearance; fine form; beauty; outline, plan, designfigūrashape, form, figure; shape; taunt, quip, jibespeciēsseeing, view, look; spectacle, sight; external appearance, looks; general outline or shapevertōto turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve; to turn upside down, overturn, overthrow, convertōto turn upside-down; to invert; to turn over (soil etc); to turn back or recoiltrānsfigūrōto transform, transfigure or metamorphose
The English word metamorphose itself goes back to Latin metamorphōsis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
metamorphose v.
transformare; transfigurare aliquid (Plin., Suet.); formare or fingere aliquid in aliam. formam, figuram, speciem (after Cic.): to metamorphose into anything, rem mutare, vertere, convertere, transformare (Ov.); or transfigurare (Plin.), in aliquid: in nova corpora mutare formas (rerum; Ov.): to be metamorphosed, mutari, verti, converti (to be transformed; Cic.); transformari (Ov.); transfigurari (Plin.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for metamorphose?
- The usual Latin words for “metamorphose” are trānsfōrmō, fōrmō, fōrma; also figūra, speciēs, vertō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.