μετά-στᾰσις (metastasis)

Where it lives

Ichneutae 1 · 5.82/10k
Against Nicomachus 1 · 5.32/10k
Second Olynthiac 1 · 4.89/10k
Against Callimachus 1 · 2.82/10k
On the Sacred Disease 1 · 2.18/10k
Archidamus 1 · 1.63/10k
Hecuba 1 · 1.4/10k
Antigone 1 · 1.36/10k
De aere aquis et locis 1 · 1.35/10k
Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k
Epistles 2 · 1.18/10k
Meditations 2 · 0.69/10k

Densest 12 of 19 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

μετά-στᾰσις · meta-stasis — LSJ

removing, removal, removal

removing, removal, πόνων S. Ichn. 217; κακοῦ And. 2.8; μετάστασιν ἴσχειν admit of removal, of disease, Hp. Aph. 5.7.

2 removal of the scene

Rhet., removal of the scene to some hypothetical condition, Quint. 3.6.53.

b shifting

shifting of blame, Hermog. Stat. 2, 6 (sg. and pl.).

II removal, migration, vote, division, change of course

(μεθίσταμαι) removal, migration, of Place, μ. ἐξ οἰκείας εἰς ἀλλοτρίαν Pl. Ti. 82a; εἰς τὴν γείτονα πόλιν Id. Lg. 877a; being something short of banishment, μ. τῶν πολιτῶν Id. Ep. 356e; μεταστάσεις ποιούντων ἐπʼ ἄλλον τόπον Epicur. Ep. 2p.38U.; μ. ἐπὶ τάδε καὶ ἐπʼ ἐκεῖνα τοῦ βουλευτηρίου vote, division in the Senate, D.C. 41.2; ἡλίου μ. its fabled change of course, E. IT 816.

b departure, death

departure from life, τοῦ βίου μεταστάσεις Id. Fr. 554; ἡ ἐκ τοῦ βίου μ. Plb. 30.2.5; μ. alone, death, Simon. 32, J. AJ 17.4.1.

c exit

on the Stage, exit of the chorus, Poll. 4.108.

d transference, dislocation

Medic., transference of the seat of disease, Hp. Aff. 12, Gal. 17(2).790, Aret. SA 1.7; but, dislocation, Gal. 8.246.

2 change, a change

change, μορφῆς, γνώμης, E. Hec. 1266, Andr. 1003; μετάστασιν διδόναι (sc. θυμῷ) to allow a change to oneʼs wrath, i. e. suffer it to cease, S. Ant. 718; τοῦ φρονεῖν μ. Alex. 292.

3 change of political constitution, Revolution

change of political constitution, πολιτείας μ. Pl. Lg. 856c; πρώτη μ. τῶν ἐξ ἀρχῆς Arist. Ath. 41.2; at Athens, the Revolution of 404 B.C., Lys. 30.10.

b counter-revolution

counter-revolution, ἐκ στάσεως μ. Th. 4.74.

In the wild

μετάστασις · metastasis Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..41 (DIORISIS sentence 473)
μετάστασιν · metastasin Demosthenes, Second Olynthiac 13 (DIORISIS sentence 33)
μεταστάσεις · metastaseis Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 9044)
μετάστασιν · metastasin Euripides, Hecuba (DIORISIS sentence 720)
μετάστασιν · metastasin Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris (DIORISIS sentence 476)
μετάστασις · metastasis Hippocrates, De aere aquis et locis 16 (DIORISIS sentence 314)

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