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μεταμφι-άζω

metamphiazo

change the dress

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What it meant

μεταμφι-άζω · metamphi-azō — LSJ

change the dress, strip off his dress, change, take off oneʼs own dress, didst thou assume

change the dress of another, strip off his dress, τινα Plu. and Luc. ll.cc.; τὰ τοῦ πλησίον Max.Tyr. l.c.: c. dupl. acc., τὸ λαμπρὸν σχῆμα μ. τινά Hld. 2.21: metaph., change, τι εἴς τι AP 6.165 (Phal.):—Med., take off oneʼs own dress, τὴν βασιλικὴν ἐσθῆτα μεταμφιασαμένη v.l. in Phylarch. 30 J. (cf. sq. [μεταμφιέννυμι]); πορφυρίδα μεταμφιάσομαι Luc. Herm. 86 codd.; ἀποδυσάμενος τὸν Πυθαγόραν τίνα μετημφιάσω μετʼ αὐτόν; what body didst thou assume after him? Id. Gall. 19; μ. τὴν τύχην, τὸν βίον, V

Where it came from

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