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μετα-πέμπω

metapempo

send after

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 49 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

μετα-πέμπω · meta-pempō — LSJ

send after, for, having sent for

send after or for, Ἀγαμέμνονος πέμψαντος . . μέτα having sent for thee, E. Hec. 504; παρʼ Εὐχαρίδου τρεῖς ἄγλιθας μετέπεμψα Ar. V. 680.

II summon, send for, to be sent for

mostly in Med., μεταπέμπεσθαί τινα summon, Hdt. 1.41, al., Ar. Ach. 1087, al., Antipho 1.15, etc.; of things, send for, σῖτον OGI 56.17 (Canopus, iii B.C.), etc.: Th. uses Act. and Med. indifferently, cf. 1.112, 4.30, 6.52, with 2.29, 5.82:—Pass., μεταπεμφθῆναι to be sent for, D. 28.14, cf. Pl. Prt. 319b; ἐξ Ἀθηνῶν μεταπεπέμφθαι Phld. Mus. p.28 K.

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Where it came from

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