The corpus record

μεταβῐβ-άζω

metabibazo

carry over, transfer

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Where it lives

Fourth Philippic 1 · 2.26/10k
Peace 1 · 1.26/10k
Phaedrus 1 · 0.6/10k
Eudemian Ethics 1 · 0.38/10k
Gorgias 1 · 0.38/10k
Laws 2 · 0.19/10k
Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k
Enneads 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

μεταβῐβ-άζω · metabib-azō — LSJ

carry over, transfer

carry over, transfer, τοὺς ἐπιβάτας ἐς κοίλην ναῦν X. HG 1.6.19; τὴν γλῶσσαν τῶν ταρσῶν, i. e. from ankle to ankle, Procop. Arc. 4; τινὰ ἐπὶ θάτερα Pl. Lg. 795c; εἰς ἀγαθά Ar. Pax 947 (lyr.); τὸ ἀπὸ τῶν κοινῶν ἔθος ἐπὶ τὰ ἴδια D. 10.44; μ. πόλεμον ἐπὶ τὴν Λιβύην Plb. 1.41.4; τὸν λόγον ἐπί τι D.S. 4.7; [τὰς ψυχὰς] εἰς ἕτερον ἐξ ἑτέρου ζῷον Diog.Oen. 35.

2 lead in a different direction, change the course, form

lead in a different direction, τὰς ἐπιθυμίας Pl. Grg. 517b: abs., σμικρὸν μ. Id. Lg. 736d; change the course or form of an argument, Arist. Top. 101a33, cf. 161a33.

3 translate

translate, D.H. 4.1 (Pass.).

In the wild

μεταβιβάζει · metabibazei Aristophanes, Peace 1 (DIORISIS sentence 659)
μεταβιβαζόμενοι · metabibazomenoi Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 1
μεταβιβάζοντας · metabibazontas Demosthenes, Fourth Philippic 44 (DIORISIS sentence 113)
μεταβιβάζειν · metabibazein Plato, Gorgias 517
μεταβιβάζουσιν · metabibazousin Plato, Laws 736
μεταβιβάζων · metabibazōn Plato, Laws 795

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