LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

metamorphōsis

metamorphōsis f (genitive metamorphōsis or metamorphōseōs or metamorphōsios)
Classical[mɛ.ta.mɔrˈpʰoː.sɪs]Ecclesiastical[me.ta.morˈfɔː.s̬is]

Meaning

  1. metamorphosis
    Metamorphosis plurimis triplex, mutanda structura exutis ovi tunicis una post alteram.1761, Nicolaus Poda von Neuhaus, Insecta musei Graecensis, page 3:

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativemetamorphōsismetamorphōsēs
metamorphōseis
genitivemetamorphōsis
metamorphōseōs, metamorphōsios		metamorphōsium
dativemetamorphōsīmetamorphōsibus
accusativemetamorphōsim
metamorphōsin, metamorphōsem		metamorphōsēs
metamorphōsīs
ablativemetamorphōsī
metamorphōse		metamorphōsibus
vocativemetamorphōsis
metamorphōsi		metamorphōsēs
metamorphōseis

mĕtămorphōsis, is, f., = μεταμόρφωσις,
I. a transformation, metamorphosis; in plur.: Mĕtămorphōses, -ĕōn, the Metamorphoses, a well-known poem of Ovid; in Gr. acc. plur. Metamorphoseis, Tert. adv. Val. 12: censeo eam rem ad metamorphosis Ovidi adiciendam, Sen. Apocol. 9, 5; in Gr. dat. plur.: ut Ovidius lascivire in Metamorphosesi solet, Quint. 4, 1, 77.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*me
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meth₂?
  3. Ancient Greek μετᾰ́(metắ)
  4. Ancient Greek μετᾰ-(metă-)
  5. Ancient Greek μορφή(morphḗ)
  6. Ancient Greek -όω(-óō)
  7. Ancient Greek μορφόω(morphóō)
  8. Ancient Greek μετᾰμορφόω(metămorphóō)
  9. Ancient Greek -τῐς(-tĭs)
  10. Ancient Greek -σῐς(-sĭs)
  11. Latinmetamorphōsis

Ancient Greek μεταμόρφωσις (metamórphōsis)bor. Latin metamorphōsis Borrowed from Ancient Greek μεταμόρφωσις (metamórphōsis).

In English words that came into English from metamorphōsis

  • metamorphosismetamorphōsis
  • metamorphosemetamorphōsis

Quick answers

What does metamorphōsis mean in Latin?
metamorphōsis, a noun, means “metamorphosis”.
What is the genitive of metamorphōsis?
The genitive singular is metamorphōsis. metamorphōsis is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce metamorphōsis?
In classical Latin, [mɛ.ta.mɔrˈpʰoː.sɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [me.ta.morˈfɔː.s̬is].
Where does metamorphōsis come from?
Proto-Indo-European *me → Proto-Indo-European *meth₂? → Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) → Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-) → Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ) → Ancient Greek -όω (-óō) → Ancient Greek μορφόω (morphóō) → Ancient Greek μετᾰμορφόω (metămorphóō) → Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) → Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) → Latin metamorphōsis.