Middle English Dictionary Entry
Metamorphōseōs n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Metamorphōseōs n. Also Methamorphoseos, -morphosios, -morphaseos, -norphoseos & Metamor, Methamor & (errors) Methemore phees, Meche more phees. |
| Etymology | Sg. gen. of Gr. metamorphōsis. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Ovid's Metamorphoses; also, the contents of the work.
Associated quotations
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.93 : Me were looth be likned..To Muses that men clepe Pierides; Methamorphosios [vrr. Methamorphoseos, Metham orphaseos, Methanorphoseos, Methemore phees, Meche more phees] woot what I mene.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.389 : In Metamor it telleth thus.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.6711 : Ovide..in his Methamor..tolde A tale.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.1973 : Þus seith Ovide..In his boke of transformacioun -- Methamorphoseos.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)5034 : Mynerue hyr-self..ne coude prouyde More goodly aray, þow she dede en[cl]os Wyth-ynne oo web al methamorphosyos.