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μεταποι-έω

metapoieo

alter the make of

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Where it lives

Statesman 2 · 1.18/10k
Eudemian Ethics 1 · 0.38/10k
History 2 · 0.13/10k
Histories 2 · 0.11/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k
Enneads 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

μεταποι-έω · metapoi-eō — LSJ

alter the make of, remodel, re-compose

alter the make of a thing, remodel, νόμους D. 18.121; πάντα ἐς τοὺς τρόπους τοὺς παραπλησίους μ. Hp. Fract. 26; εἰς γάμον ἀπὸ τῆς θυσίας μ. τὴν εὐωχίαν Hld. 5.29, cf. Porph. Antr. 36: abs., μεταποίησον re-compose the verse, Sol. 20.3:—Pass., -ποιεῖσθαι εἰς τὸ δέον A.D. Synt. 199.18.

II lay claim to, pretend to

Med., lay claim to, pretend to, c. gen. rei, e.g. ξυνέσεως, ἀρετῆς τι, Th. 1.140, 2.51; τέχνης Pl. Plt. 289e; οὐδέν σφι μετεὸν μεταποιεῦνται (sc. τοῦ ἐμπορίου) Hdt. 2.178.

In the wild

μεταποιοῦνται · metapoiountai Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 8
μεταποίησον · metapoiēson Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.2 (DIORISIS sentence 465)
μεταποιεῦνται · metapoieuntai Herodotus, Histories 2.178.3 (DIORISIS sentence 2838)
μεταποιεῦνται · metapoieuntai Herodotus, Histories 2.178.3 (DIORISIS sentence 2838)
μεταποιουμένους · metapoioumenous Plato, Statesman 289
μεταποιουμένους · metapoioumenous Plato, Statesman 290

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