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μετεκ-βαίνω

metekbaino

go from one into another

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Where it lives

Laws 2 · 0.19/10k
Histories 2 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

μετεκ-βαίνω · metek-bainō — LSJ

go from one into another

go from one into another, μετεκβαίνεσκε (Ion. impf.) ἐκ τοῦ ἅρματος ἐς ἁρμάμαξαν Hdt. 7.41, cf. 100; εἰς πλοῖον Antipho 5.21.

2 pass on

in speaking, pass on, μ. εἰς ἕτερόν τινα λόγον Pl. Lg. 642b, cf. 935a.

3 pass from one, to another

c. acc., μ. φθόγγον pass from one note to another, AP 12.187 (Strat.).

In the wild

μετεκβὰς · metekbas Herodotus, Histories 7.100.2 (DIORISIS sentence 7634)
μετεκβαίνεσκε · metekbaineske Herodotus, Histories 7.41.1 (DIORISIS sentence 7333)
μετεκβαῖμεν · metekbaimen Plato, Laws 642
μετεκβαίνειν · metekbainein Plato, Laws 935

Where it came from

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