metaphrast
noun
met·a·phrast
ˈmetəˌfrast
plural -s
: translator
specifically : one who turns verse into a different meter or prose into verse
metaphrastic adjective
¦⸗⸗¦frastik
or metaphrastical
-tə̇kəl
metaphrastically adverb
-k(ə)lē
Word History
Etymology
Middle Greek metaphrastēs, from Greek metaphrazein to translate
- raise eyebrows
- raise hell
- raise its ugly head
- raise one's head above the parapet
- raise one's voice
- raise some hackles
- raise the alarm
- raise the ante
- raise the bar
- raise the possibility
- raise the roof
- raise the temperature
- raise the white flag
- raise/lower the temperature
- raise/sound the alarm
- raiseable
- raiseabler
- raiseablest
- raised
- raised band
- raised beach
- raised Cain
- raised cottage
- raised initial
- raised point