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μέτειμι

meteimi1

to be among

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What it meant

μέτειμι · meteimi — LSJ

to be among, interval, will be mine

to be among, c. dat. pl., ἄνδρεσσι μετέμμεναι Il. 18.91; ὄφρʼ ἂν ζωοῖσιν μετέω 22.388; οἷς ὁ γέρων μετέῃσιν 3.109; εἰ λαοῖσι μετείη Xenoph. 2.15: abs., οὐ γὰρ παυσωλή γε μετέσσεται no interval of rest will be mine, Il. 2.386.

II have a share in, claim to, since, had, share

impers., μέτεστί μοί τινος I have a share in or claim to a thing, Hdt. 1.171, etc.; τί τοῦδε σοὶ μ. πράγματος; A. Eu. 575; κἀμοὶ πόλεως μ. S. OT 630, cf. Ant. 1072, Ar. Av. 1666, 1668; πᾶσι μετεῖναι τῶν ἀρχῶν Arist. Pol. 1292a3: so part. neut. used abs., οὐδὲν μᾶλλον Αἰολεῦσι μετεὸν τῆς χώρης since they had no more share in the land, Hdt. 5.94, cf. Th. 1.28, Pl. Lg. 900e, etc.

2

sts. the share is added in nom., ὁκόσον δέ μοι μέρος [τῆς γῆς τῆσδε] μετῆν Hdt. 6.107, cf. E. IT 1299, Pl. Prm. 163d; μέτεστι κατὰ τοὺς νόμους πᾶσι τὸ ἴσον (v. ἴσος II.2), Th. 2.37, Foed. ap. eund. 5.47; ἐμοὶ τούτων οὐδὲν μ. Pl. Ap. 19c.

3 will it be part

with inf. as subj., πᾶσι μέτεστι γινώσκειν Heraclit. 116; τούτῳ τι μετέσται ψεῦδος ἀγαπᾶν . . ; will it be part of his nature to love falsehood? Pl. R. 490b, cf. 606b.

Where it came from

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