ἀμείβω

A change, exchange, changing

Act., change, exchange, (not Od.), ἔντεʼ ἄμειβεν Il. 17.192, etc.: τί τινος, as γόνυ γουνὸς ἀμείβων changing one knee for other, i. e. walking slowly, ib. 11.547, etc.:—so either,

1 give in exchange

give in exchange, ὃς πρὸς Τυδεΐδην Διομήδεα τεύχεʼ ἄμειβε χρύσεα χαλκείων ib. 6.235: c. acc., δάμαρτʼ ἀμείψας E. Alc. 46: or more freq.,

2 take in exchange, redeem

take in exchange, τι ἀντί τινος Pi. P. 4.17, E. Hel. 1382; πόσιν ἀντὶ σᾶς ἀμεῖψαι ψυχᾶς redeem at that price, Id. Alc. 462, etc.; μορφὴν ἀ. ἐκ θεοῦ βροτησίαν Id. Ba. 4; ἀ. τὰν ἐμὰν [φυλακάν] Id. Rh. 527; τιμὰν πρὸς ἀνθρώπων ἀμείψω Ibyc. 24, cf. A. Ch. 1019 (anap.) (prob.).

3 change, pass, cross

in Att. often of Place, change it, so pass, cross, πορθμόν, πόρον, Id. Pers. 69, E. IA 144, etc.:—hence,

b pass out of, leave, pass into, enter

either pass out of a house, leave it, ἀ. στέγας, δώματα, S. Ph. 1262, E. El. 750; or pass into, enter it, ἀ. θύρας Hdt. 5.72, cf. A. Ch. 571: generally, πόλιν ἐκ πόλεως ἀ. Pl. Sph. 224b, cf. Prm. 138d; v. infr. B. II.2.

4 change, alter, change

change, alter, χρῶτα βαφῇ A. Pers. 317; χροιᾶς ἄνθος Id. Pr. 23; ἐς κακοχυμίην ἤμειψε τὰ σπλάγχνα Aret. SD 2.13: abs., πολλὰ ἀ. change colour, Jul. Caes. 309a; so Med., χροιῆς ἄνθος ἀμειβομένης Sol. 27.6.

5 make, change, pass on, hand on from one to another

causal, make others change, τεύχεʼ ἄμειβον Il. 14.381; pass on, hand on from one to another, τέκνα . . διαδοχαῖς ἀμείβουσαι χεροῖν E. Hec. 1159.

b shift, dislodge

shift, dislodge, κακὸν κακῷ Aret. SD 2.1.

6 repay, return

rarely like Med. B.I.3, repay, return, ἀ. χάριν A. Ag. 729, cf. Ch. 793.

II the interchangers, rafters that meet and cross each other, succeeds

intr. in part., ἀμείβοντες, οἱ, the interchangers, i.e. rafters that meet and cross each other, Il. 23.712, cf. Theo Sm. p.122 H., Nonn. D. 37.588; ἐν ἀμείβοντι, = ἀμοιβάδις, Pi. N. 11.42:—so prob. ἀμείβει καινὸν ἐκ καινῶν τόδε succeeds, E. Or. 1503.

B change one with another, do in turn, alternately, in turn, ploughed and fallow in turn, alternating, crosswise, comes, in turn, in turn, vary

Med., change one with another, do in turn or alternately, abs., ἀμειβόμενοι φυλακὰς ἔχον Il. 9.471; ἄειδον ἀμειβόμεναι ὀπὶ καλῇ 1.604; ὀρχείσθην . . ἀμειβομένω Od. 8.379; ἀμειβόμενοι κατὰ οἴκους at every house in turn, 1.375, 2.140; ἄρουραι ἀμειβόμεναι ploughed and fallow in turn, Pi. N. 6.9; so ἀμειβόμεναι ὁπλαῖς alternating, crosswise, of the motion of the legs in horses or oxen, Id. P. 4.226; ἄλλα ἄλλοθεν ἀμείβεται now comes one thing, now another in turn, E. Hipp. 1108; ἀμείβεται μιάσματα Id

2 answer one another, answer, reply to, gave, in reply

of dialogue, ἀμείβεσθαι ἐπέεσσι answer one another, Od. 3.148, etc.; in part., ἀμειβόμενος προσέειπε, προσηύδα, Il. 3.437, 17.33; ἀ. πρός τινα Hdt. 8.60 codd.; πρός τι ib. 58, E. Tr. 903: c. acc. pers. et dat. rei, ἀ. τινα μύθῳ, μύθοις, Od. 12.278, 2.83; ἀ. τινα alone, answer one, reply to him, Il. 1.172, etc.; τὸν λόγοις ἀμείφθη Pi. P. 4.102, cf. Theoc. 7.27; ἀμείβετο τοῖσδε in these words, Hdt. 1.35, al.:—later c. acc. rei, τούτοις ἀμείβου . . εὐμαθές τι A. Eu. 442; ἔπος πρὸς ἔπος 586; μὴ σφρι

3 repay, requite, return good for good, bad for good, bad for bad

repay, requite, c. acc. pers. et dat. rei, δώροισιν ἀ. τινα Od. 24.285; χρηστοῖσι Hdt. 1.41, cf. 4.97; ὁμοίοις D. 20.6; ἀμείβομαί σε τῷ φυγεῖν τὴν οἰκίαν Com.Adesp. 371: c. acc. pers. only, τὸν ἄδικον ἀ. S. Fr. 12; τοὺς μὲν ἐκόλαζε, τοὺς δὲ ἠμείβετο D.C. 74.8: c. acc. et dat. rei, ἀ. εὐεργεσίας χάρισιν X. Mem. 4.3.15: c. acc. rei only, χάριν φιλότητος S. El. 134; βροτῶν ἀσυνεσίας E. Ph. 1727; τὴν προϋπαρχήν Arist. EN 1165a5: rarely c. dat. pers., πολλοῖσι γὰρ κέρδη πονηρὰ ζημίαν ἠμείψατο E. Cyc.

4 purchase

purchase, λύχνον Lib. Or. 45.10.

II get in exchange

get in exchange, [οὔτοι] νιν (sc. Καρθαίαν) Βαβυλῶνος ἀμείψομαι Pi. Pae. 4.16; θητικοῦ ἀντὶ τέλους ἱππάδʼ ἀμειψάμενος Epigr. ap. Arist. Ath. 7.4; λῴους φρένας τῶν νῦν παρουσῶν S. Tr. 737.

2 change, pass, out, in, change, passes through

like Act., change a place, pass either out or in, ψυχὴ . . ἀμείψεται ἕρκος ὀδόντων Il. 9.409; and reversely of things swallowed, φάρμακα . . ἀ. ἕρκ. ὀδ. Od. 10.328; ἀμειβόμεναι μέγαν οὐδὸν . . , ἡ μὲν ἔσω . . ἡ δὲ θύραζε Hes. Th. 749; πατρίδʼ ἀμειψάμενος Sol. 2; ποταμόν Simon. 94; πρόθυρα A. Ch. 965; πύλας E. Alc. 752; γῆν οὐρανοῦ ἀ. change earth for heaven, Plu. Exil. 2.607e; ὑπὲρ οὐδὸν ἀμειβόμενον Theoc. 2.104; ἄλλην ἐξ ἄλλης πόλεως ἀμειβόμενος Pl. Ap. 37d; ἕτεραδʼ ἕτερος ἀμείβεται πήματα pass

3 exchange

exchange, τὶ πρὸς νόμισμα Plu. Aem. 23.

III surpass, outdo

surpass, outdo, μελισσᾶν πόνον Pi. P. 6.54.

IV convoys, accompanies

χεροῖν πίτυλον, ὃς αἰὲν διʼ Ἀχέροντʼ ἀ. θεωρίδα convoys, accompanies it, A. Th. 856.