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mĕtaphŏra, ae, f., = μεταφορά, a rhetorical figure, metaphor, a transferring of a word from its proper signification to another (called by Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 155, verbi translatio; post-Aug.), Quint. 8, 6, 18; (as Greek), id. 8, 6, 4 sqq.; Schol. Juv. 1, 169.

mĕtaphŏrĭcē, adv. [metaphora], metaphorically, figuratively (post-class.), Acron. ad Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 1.
Also mĕtaphŏrĭ-cōs, μεταφορικῶς, Acron. ad Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 29 sq.; Schol. Juv. 7, 103.

mĕtăphrĕnum, i, n., = μετάφρενον, the upper part of the spine, Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 16, 129 (as Greek, id. ib. 2, 29, 151; id. Tard. 3, 2, 31).