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μετ-ᾰμείβω

metameibo

exchange, change

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μετ-ᾰμείβω · met-ameibō — LSJ

exchange, change, for

exchange, change, ἐσλὸν πήματος good for ill, Pi. O. 12.12; [οἱ ἐχῖνοι] μ. τὰς ὀπάς Arist. HA 612b6.

2 change to another form

change to another form, ἐκ βοὸς . . μετάμειβε γυναῖκα Mosch. 2.52; μ. φρένα Nonn. D. 4.182.

3 remove, hand down

remove, τινὰ Λαμνόθεν dub. cj. in Pi. P. 1.52; γᾶν τέκνων τέκνοις μ. hand down land to childrenʼs children, E. HF 796 (lyr.).

II change oneʼs condition, having escaped, in turns

Med., change oneʼs condition, ἐκ προτέρων μεταμειψάμενοι καμάτων having escaped from . . , Pi. P. 3.96: abs., μεταμειβόμενοι ἐναλλάξ in turns, Id. N. 10.55.

2 to change, for

c. acc., μεταμείβεσθαί τινί τι to change one thing for another, E. Ph. 831 (lyr.).

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