The corpus record

μεταίρω

metairo

lift up and remove, shift

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Where it lives

Heracles 2 · 2.56/10k
Rhesus 1 · 1.86/10k
Regnorum IV 2 · 1.16/10k
Matthew 2 · 1.12/10k
Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k
Proverbia 1 · 0.9/10k
On the False Embassy 1 · 0.43/10k
Psalmi 1 · 0.29/10k

What it meant

μεταίρω · metairō — LSJ

lift up and remove, shift

lift up and remove, shift, ἄγαλμα ἐκ βάθρων E. IT 1157; πεδαίρειν κῶλον, πόδα, Id. HF 819 (lyr.), 872 (troch.); ἐκ τόπων νέους πεδαίρουσα Id. Ph. 1027 (lyr.); [ἀναθέματα] OGI 573.15 (Cilicia, i A. D.):—Pass., Plu. Alex. 76, Diog. Ep. 37.4.

2 repeal

repeal, ψήφισμα μ. D. 19.174.

II depart

intr., depart, ἐκεῖθεν Ev.Matt. 13.53, cf. 19.1.

In the wild

μεταίρειν · metairein Demosthenes, On the False Embassy Narr.174 (DIORISIS sentence 586)
πέδαιρε · pedaire Euripides, Heracles 818–819
πεδαίρουςʼ · pedairousʼ Euripides, Heracles 872
πεδαίρουςʼ · pedairousʼ Euripides, Phoenissae 1 (DIORISIS sentence 623)
πεδαίρων · pedairōn Euripides, Rhesus 2.370 (DIORISIS sentence 227)
μετῆρεν · metēren New Testament, Matthew 13.53 (DIORISIS sentence 559)

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Where it came from

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