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trans-formo , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I.to change in shape, transform (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn. verto).
I. Lit.: “(Proteus) Omnia transformat sese in miracula rerum,” Verg. G. 4, 441: “in vultus sese aniles (Alecto),” id. A. 7, 416: “membra in juvencos,” Ov. M. 10, 237: “cuncta In segetem,” id. ib. 13, 654: “gemmas novem in ignes (i. e. stellas),” id. F. 3, 515: “(Scylla) in scopulum Transformata,” id. M. 14, 74; Vulg. 2 Cor. 3, 18.—
II. Trop.: “hunc (animum) transformari quodammodo ad naturam eorum, de quibus loquimur, necesse est,” Quint. 1, 2, 30.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • New Testament, 2 Corinthians, 3.18
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 10.237
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 13.654
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 14.74
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 7.416
    • Vergil, Georgics, 4.441
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 2.30
    • Ovid, Fasti, 3
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