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μεταλλ-ᾰγή

metallage · ἡ

change, alternation, eclipse

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μεταλλ-ᾰγή · metall-agē — LSJ

change, alternation, eclipse, receiving, instead

change, Epich. 170.14, Hp. Aph. 3.1 (pl.); ἡ μ. τῶν σκελέων alternation of the legs in walking, Id. Art. 58; μ. τῆς ἡμέρης eclipse, Hdt. 1.74; ἐν μεταλλαγᾷ πολυμηχάνου ἀνδρός by receiving a crafty man forthy master instead [of me], S. Ph. 1134; μεταλλαγαῖς εἰς ἄλληλα Pl. Ti. 61c.

2 change from, decease

c. gen. objecti, μ. πολέμου change from war, X. HG 7.4.10, cf. E. HF 765, 766 (lyr.); μ. τοῦ βίου, i. e. death, Phld. Acad.Ind. p.93 M., Plu. Cons.Apoll. 2.101f; μ. alone, decease, ἡ τοῦ Καρνεάδου μ. Phld. l.c., cf. D.S. 18.9, D.C. 57.4; βασιλέων μεταλλαγαί ‘the Deaths of Kings’, title of work by Anaximenes, Ath. 12.531d; of Alexander the Great, Marm.Par. 109.

3 change for the worse, ruin

change for the worse, ruin, εἰς μ. ἀγαγεῖν Men. Pk. 29.

II exchange, interchange

exchange, interchange, τῶν ἐπιστημῶν Pl. Tht. 199c.

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