verb transitive

trans-fĭgūro

2nd PP trans-fĭgūrāre · 3rd PP trans-fĭgūrāvi · 4th PP trans-fĭgūrātum · conj. 1st

to change in shape; to transform; transfigure

to change in shape, to transform, transfigure, metamorphose (post-Aug.; cf.: verto, muto).

se ••

Lit.: puerum in muliebrem naturam, Suet. Ner. 28: in simiae speciem transfiguratus, id. ib. 46: in lupum, Plin. 8, 22, 34, § 81: in scorpiones, id. 9, 31, 51, § 99: in pumicem (al. mutantur), id. 13, 25, 50, § 139: et qui corpora prima transfigurat, i. e. Ovid in the Metamorphoses, Stat. S. 2, 7, 78: amygdalae ex dulcibus transfigurantur in amaras, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 237: aede Castoris et Pollucis in vestibulum transfigurata, Suet. Calig. 22; Vulg. Matt. 17, 2; id. Marc. 9, 1. —With se: Satanas transfigurat se in angelum lucis. Vulg. 2 Cor. 11, 14.—

to change; transform figuratively •

Trop., to change, transform: judicum animos in eum quem volumus habitum formare et velut transfigurare, Quint. 6, 2, 1: intellego, non emendari me tantum, sed transfigurari, Sen. Ep. 6, 1.—

especially

se; to assume to be; pretend to be •

With se, to assume to be, pretend to be: transfigurantes se in apostolos, Vulg. 2 Cor. 11, 13.—

To express under a figure of speech •

To express under a figure of speech: haec transfiguravi in me et Apollo propter vos, Vulg. 1 Cor. 4, 6.

Perseus ID: n48780 Key: transfiguro