Metabasis Definition
noun
(rhetoric) A change from one subject to another.
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Singular:
metabasis
Plural:
metabasesOrigin of Metabasis
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From Late Latin metabasis, from Ancient Greek μετάβασις (metábasis, “a change, a transition”), from μεταβαίνω (metabaíno, “I cross”), from μετά (metá) and βαίνω (baíno, “I move”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-.
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