μετα·σχηματίζω (part. pf. pass. μετεσχηματισμένος) [μᾰ] revêtir d’une autre forme, transformer, PLAT. Leg. 903 e ; PLUT. M. 426 c ; au pass. PLAT. Leg. 906 c.

change the form of a person or thing, Pl. Lg. 903e, Arist. GC 335b26; τὸ σῶμα τῆς ταπεινώσεως Ep. Phil. 3.21; of a building, Sammelb. 5174.10 (vi AD); — Med., with Att. fut. -ιοῦμαι, change one΄s form, Demetr.Lac. Herc. 1012.12; disguise oneself, J. AJ 8.11.1; — Pass., to be changed in form, Pl. Lg. 906c, Arist. Cael. 298b31, GA 747a15, D.S. 2.57; of grammatical change, A.D. Pron. 68.5, al. μ. τι εἰς ἐμαυτόν transfer as in a figure, 1 Ep. Cor. 4.6.
change the posture of, Sor. 2.62 (Pass.), al. of stars and planets, in Pass., change their configuration, πρὸς ἀλλήλους Adam. Vent. 47.

umgestalten, umbilden, τὰ πάντα, Plat. Legg. X.903c ; auch übertr., τὸ ῥῆμα μετεσχηματισμένον, Metapher, ib. 906c ; Sp., ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ ὄγκου μετασχηματίζει πολλὰς ἰδεῶν φύσεις, Luc. Halc. 4 ; Plut. Agesil. u. a.Sp.

μετα-σχηματίζω
[in LXX: 4Ma.9:22 * ;]
to change in fashion or appearance: with accusative of thing(s), τ. σῶμα, Php.3:21; mid., before εἰς, 2Co.11:13-14; before ὡς, 2Co.11:15; of a rhetorical device, to transfer by a fiction (Field, Notes, in l), before εἰς, 1Co.4:6.†
SYN.: μεταμορφόω, q.v (AS)