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μετά-πτωσις

metaptosis · ἡ

change, transferred, change of party

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Where it lives

Discourses 3 · 0.4/10k
Laws 1 · 0.1/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

μετά-πτωσις · meta-ptōsis — LSJ

change, transferred

change, Pl. Lg. 895b, etc.; τῶν πραγμάτων Arist. MM 1207b12; τὸ κατὰ μετάπτωσιν ἐνόχλημα Epicur. Fr. 154; ὁ βίος ἀδήλους τὰς μ. ἔχει Men. Mon. 581; εἰς ἄλληλα Str. 17.1.36: pl., OGI 335.128 (Pergam.); -σεις λημμάτων, λόγων, Arr. Epict. 1.7.20, 3.2.17; εἰ . . εἰς μ. ἔσται ὁ ἀγρός if it shall be transferred, CIG 3702 (Mysia); ἡ ἐκ τύχης ἄνω καὶ κάτω μ. Ael. VH 2.29.

II change of party, change of opinion

change of party, πρός τινας Plb. 3.99.3; change of opinion, τοῦ πλήθους Phld. Rh. 2.17 S. (pl.).

III inflexion, change

Gramm., inflexion, μ. εἰς ἀριθμόν, πτῶσιν, A.D. Adv. 181.2: generally, change, μ. τοῦ ο̄ εἰς τὸ ᾱ Tryphoib. 174.4; ἐκ -πτώσεως A.D. Synt. 50.20.

In the wild

μεταπτώσεις · metaptōseis Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 5966)
μετάπτωσιν · metaptōsin Epictetus, Discourses 1.7 (DIORISIS sentence 390)
μεταπτώσεις · metaptōseis Epictetus, Discourses 1.7 (DIORISIS sentence 390)
μεταπτώσεις · metaptōseis Epictetus, Discourses 3.2 (DIORISIS sentence 3894)
μεταπτώσεως · metaptōseōs Plato, Laws 895

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