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A person who uses metaphrase to re-cast a text in a different form, for example from poetry to prose.
A metaphrast has re-written Ian McEwans book Atonement as a poem.
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Metaphrast — Met a*phrast, n. [Gr. ?: cf. F. m[ e]taphraste.] A literal translator. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
metaphrast — ☆ metaphrast [met′əfrast΄ ] n. [Gr metaphrastēs: see METAPHRASE] Rare a person who puts a piece of writing into another literary form, as prose into verse … English World dictionary
metaphrast — metaphrastic, metaphrastical, adj. metaphrastically, adv. /met euh frast /, n. a person who translates or changes a literary work from one form to another, as prose into verse. [1600 10; MGk metaphrástes one who translates, equiv. to *metaphrad … Universalium
Metaphrast — Me|ta|phrạst, der; en, en [griech. metaphrástēs] (Literaturw.): Verfasser einer ↑Metaphrase (1) … Universal-Lexikon
Metaphrast — Me|ta|phrast der; en, en <aus gleichbed. gr. metaphrástēs, eigtl. »der in einen anderen Ausdruck überträgt, umschreibt«> Verfasser einer Metaphrase … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
metaphrast — met·a·phrast … English syllables
metaphrast — … Useful english dictionary
Symeon the Metaphrast — Russian icon with Saint Symeon Metaphrastes Symeon the Metaphrast (also referred to as Simon or Symeon the Logothete, in classicizing usage Symeon Metaphrastes) was the author of the 10 volume medieval Greek menologion, or collection of saint s… … Wikipedia
Johannes Eleemosynarius, S. (9) — 9S. Johannes Eleemosynarius, Patriarcha. (23. al. 28. 30. Jan.) Dieser Heilige, wegen seiner großen Freigebigkeit gegen Hilfsbedürftige jeder Art mit dem Ehrentitel »der Almosengeber« (Eleemosynarius, Ελεήμων) ausgezeichnet, wurde zu Amathus,… … Vollständiges Heiligen-Lexikon
Symeon Metaphrastes — Symeon Metaphrastes † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Symeon Metaphrastes (Sumeòn ’o metaphrástes). The principal compiler of the legends of saints in the Menologia of the Byzantine Church. Through the importance of this collection his… … Catholic encyclopedia
