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μετατρέπω

metatrepo

overthrow, turn back, away

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What it meant

μετατρέπω · metatrepō — LSJ

overthrow

overthrow, l.c.

2 turn back, away

turn back or away, μοῖραν -τρᾰπεῖν (aor. 2 inf.) Pi. Fr. 177; μετὰ δʼ ὑμέας ἔτραπεν αἶσα A.R. 3.261; οὐ μετέτρεψέ σε πρωτότοκος ἀποπνέων LXX 4 Ma. 15.18.

3 change

change, νόημα AP 9.114 (Parmen.):—Pass., ὁ γέλως ὑμῶν εἰς πένθος -τραπήτω v.l. in Ep.Jac. 4.9; μετατραπεὶς τῇ διανοίᾳ Aristeas 99 (μετατραπείς seems to be corrupt in Plu. Symp. 2.154e).

II turn oneself round, turn round

Med., turn oneself round, turn round, θάμβησεν δʼ Ἀχιλεύς, μετὰ δʼ ἐτράπετʼ Il. 1.199, etc.

2 look back to, care for, show regard for

Med. with aor. 2 Pass. μετετράπην, look back to, care for, show regard for, c. gen., Τρώων, τῶν οὔ τι μετατρέπῃ οὐδʼ ἀλεγίζεις 1.160, cf. 12.238; σχέτλιος, οὐδὲ μετατρέπεται φιλότητος 9.630: c. acc., οὐ μετετράπη τὸν λογισμόν LXX 4 Ma. 7.12.—Not in Prose before Aristeas.

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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