metaphrast

 [met-uh-frast]  

met·a·phrast

   [met-uh-frast]
noun
a person who translates or changes a literary work from one form to another, as prose into verse.
Origin:
1600–10; Medieval Greek metaphrástēs one who translates, equivalent to *metaphrad-, base of metaphrázein to translate (see meta, phrase) + -tēs agent suffix

Related forms
met·a·phras·tic, met·a·phras·ti·cal, adjective
met·a·phras·ti·cal·ly, adverb
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metaphrast (ˈmɛtəˌfræst)
 
—n
a person who metaphrases, esp one who changes the form of a text, as by rendering verse into prose
 
[C17: from Medieval Greek metaphrastēs translator]
 
meta'phrastic
 
—adj
 
meta'phrastical
 
—adj
 
meta'phrastically
 
—adv

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