μετέχω (metecho)

Where it lives

Parmenides 96 · 63.35/10k
On the Confiscation of the Property Of The Brother Of Nicias 6 · 44.64/10k
Against The Subversion of the Ancestral Constitution 2 · 36.17/10k
On the Accession of Alexander 6 · 33.61/10k
Against Philon 5 · 27.5/10k
In Defense of Mantitheus 3 · 26.27/10k
Against Ergocles 2 · 21.98/10k
The Erotic Essay 8 · 21.88/10k
Politics 137 · 20.98/10k
Letter 8 1 · 15.04/10k
On the Scrutiny of Evandros 2 · 14.49/10k
Against Callimachus 5 · 14.1/10k

Densest 12 of 144 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

μετέχω · metechō — LSJ

partake of, share in

partake of, share in:— Constr.:

1 to be in, to be members, partake of, in common with

mostly c. gen. rei only, κακοτάτων, βρόδων, Alc. l.c., Sapph. 68.2; ἀγαθῶν, κακῶν, βίου, Thgn. 82, 354, cf. A. Pr. 333; τῆς τοῦ Μάγου ὕβριος Hdt. l.c.; μ. τοῦ λόγου to be in the secret, Id. 1.127; τοῦ ἔργου And. 1.62: c. gen. pers., μ. τῶν πεντακισχιλίων to be members of the 5,000, Th. l.c.; μ. τῆς πόλεως, τῆς πολιτείας, Lys. 6.48, 30.15; ἐκκλησίας Arist. Pol. 1282a29; also ἐκ τοῦ ἑνὸς ἄρτου μ. 1 Ep.Cor. 10.17: with dat. pers. added, μ. τινός τινι partake of something in common with another, οὔ

2

freq. the part or share is added, τοῦ πεδίου οὐκ ἐλαχίστην μοῖραν μ. Hdt. 1.204; μ. τάφου μέρος A. Ag. 507, cf. Ar. Pl. 226, Lys. 31.5; πλεῖστόν σου μέρος μεθέξομεν X. Cyr. 7.5.54.

3

c. acc. rei, μ. τὸ ἴσον (sc. μέρος) τῶν ἀγαθῶν τινι ib. 7.2.28, cf. E. Fr. 787; μ. τὰς ἴσας πληγὰς ἐμοί Ar. Pl. 1144; μ. τινὶ τὴν μερίδα PPetr. 3p.67 (iii B.C.).

4

rarely c. acc. only, ἀκερδῆ χάριν μ. S. OC 1484 (lyr.).

5

c. dat. rei only in a corrupt passage, τῇ . . κατὰ τὴν χώραν . . οἰκήσει μετεῖχον Th. 2.16.

6 have some knowledge

μ. περὶ ἔργων καὶ τεχνῶν have some knowledge respecting . . , Arist. Pol. 1282a11.

7 to be a partner, partners, accomplices

abs., to be a partner, PRev.Laws 14.11 (iii B.C.); οἱ μετέχοντες the partners, accomplices, Hdt. 8.132.

II participate in, are participated in

in Platonic Philos., participate in a universal, Arist. Metaph. 990b31, 1037b19; τὰ μετέχοντα, opp. αἱ ἰδέαι, ib. 991a3:—Pass., μετέχονται (sc. αἱ ἰδέαι) are participated in, ib. 990b30, cf. S.E. M. 4.16, Procl. in Prm. p.650 S., etc.

III share in

in Aristotelian Logic, share in, viz. admit the definition of, τὰ μὲν εἴδη μετέχει τῶν γενῶν, τὰ δὲ γένη τῶν εἰδῶν οὔ Arist. Top. 121a12, cf. 123a8, 143b14.

In the wild

μεθέξειν · methexein Aeschylus, Agamemnon 506–507
μετασχεῖν · metaschein Aeschylus, Eumenides 866–869
μετασχεῖν · metaschein Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 291–293
μετέχουσαι · metechousai Aeschylus, Persians 537–540
μετασχεῖν · metaschein Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 332–333
μετέχων · metechōn Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 432)

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