μεταβαίνω (metabaino)

Where it lives

1 John 1 · 4.7/10k
Matthew 6 · 3.35/10k
Sapientia Salomonis 2 · 2.9/10k
Parmenides 4 · 2.64/10k
Machabaeorum II 3 · 2.6/10k
Ars Poetica 2 · 1.98/10k
John 3 · 1.96/10k
Libation Bearers 1 · 1.86/10k
Meditations 5 · 1.72/10k
Electra 1 · 1.32/10k
Phaedrus 2 · 1.2/10k
Cratylus 2 · 1.12/10k

Densest 12 of 29 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

μεταβαίνω · metabainō — LSJ

pass over, had passed over, change oneʼs abode, passes over

pass over from one place to another, μετὰ δʼ ἄστρα βεβήκει (for μετεβεβήκει) the stars had passed over the meridian, Od. 12.312, 14.483 (but τοῦ ἄστρου μεταβαίνοντος μίαν ἡμέραν διὰ τεσσάρων ἐτῶν OGI 56.42 (Canopus, iii B. C.)); μ. ἐς τὴν Ἀσίην Hdt. 7.73, cf. 1.57; μ. ἐξ οἰκίας εἰς οἰκίαν Ev.Luc. 10.7: abs., change oneʼs abode, PTeb. 316.20 (i A.D.): metaph., ᾗ τὸ δίκαιον μεταβαίνει according as right passes over (from one side to the other), A. Ch. 308 (anap.).

2 pass from one subject to another, change thy theme, changing their course, turning round, advancing step by step

in writing or speaking, pass from one subject to another, μετάβηθι change thy theme, Od. 8.492; μεταβάντες changing their course, turning round, Hdt. 8.4; μεταβήσομαι ἄλλον ἐς ὕμνον h.Ven. l.c.; ἐπανέλθωμεν ὅθεν δεῦρο μετέβημεν Pl. Cra. 438a; ἀπὸ τοῦ ψέγειν πρὸς τὸ ἐπαινεῖν Id. Phdr. 265c; ἀπʼ ἐμψύχων ἐπʼ ἄψυχα μ. Phld. Rh. 1.172 S.; μεταβαίνων ὁ λόγος advancing step by step, Arist. EN 1097a24.

3 pass from one state to another, change, comes on after

pass from one state to another, change, [αἱ πολιτεῖαι] οὐκ εὐθὺς μ. Id. Pol. 1292b18, etc.: freq. with Preps., μ. ἐκ μείζονος εἰς ἔλαττον Pl. Prm. 165a; of changes of fortune in a drama, μ. εἰς εὐτυχίαν Arist. Po. 1455b27; μ. ἐκ τῆς τιμαρχίας εἰς τὴν ὀλιγαρχίαν Pl. R. 550d; μεταβαίνει τυραννὶς ἐκ δημοκρατίας comes on after . . , ib. 569c; μεταβεβήκαμεν ἐκ τοῦ θανάτου εἰς τὴν ζωήν 1 Ep.Jo. 3.14; ἀπὸ τοῦ παιδὸς εἰς τὸν ἄνδρα Luc. Am. 24; μ. εἰς ἀλεκτρυόνα Id. Gall. 4.

4 make a transition, infer

in the Epicurean logic, make a transition: hence, infer, esp. from analogy or resemblance, λόγος ὁ μεταβαίνων ἀπό τινος ἐπί τι Phld. D. 3.12, cf. Sign. 5, al.

5 pass to another

c. acc., pass to another place or state, ἄνω μεταβὰς βίοτον E. Hipp. 1292 (anap.); μ. τόπον ἐκ τόπου S.E. M. 10.52.

b go after, follow, eagerly

go after, follow a pursuit eagerly, Opp. H. 4.418.

II carry over, away, change

causal in aor. 1 μεταβῆσαι, carry over or away, τινὰ ποτὶ δῶμα Διὸς -βᾶσαι Pi. O. 1.42; change, ἄστρων ὁδούς E. El. 728 (lyr.).

In the wild

μεταβαίνει · metabainei Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 306–308
μεταβαίνειν · metabainein Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Α (DIORISIS sentence 1603)
μεταβαίνειν · metabainein Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Β (DIORISIS sentence 2371)
μεταβάντα · metabanta Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Α (DIORISIS sentence 1599)
μεταβάντας · metabantas Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora APr.Β (DIORISIS sentence 1282)
μεταβαίνει · metabainei Aristotle, Ars Poetica 18

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