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μεταφύομαι

metaphuomai

become by change

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What it meant

μεταφύομαι · metaphyomai — LSJ

become by change

become by change, ἀλλοῖοι μετέφυν Emp. 108.1, cf. Hierocl. in CA 20p.462M.; ἀνδρῶν ὅσοι δειλοὶ [ἦσαν] γυναῖκες μετεφύοντο ἐν τῇ δευτέρα γενέσει Pl. Ti. 90e; Εὔφορβος γεγονέναι μεταφῦναί τε Ἴων ἐκ Τρωός Philostr. Her. 17.

2 grow after

grow after, οἱ μεταφύντες (sc. ὀδόντες) Hp. Carn. 12 (-φύοντες codd., v.l. -φυέοντες, fort. -φυέντες).

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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