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μετεν-δύω

metenduo

put other, on, invested

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What it meant

μετεν-δύω · meten-dyō — LSJ

put other, on, invested

put other clothes on a person, θοἰμάτιον τὸ Ἑλληνικὸν περισπάσας αὐτοῦ βαρβαρικὸν μετενέδυσα Luc. Bis Acc. 34: metaph., τὸν Μαιάνδριον τὴν τυραννίδα μετενέδυσε invested him with . . , Id. Nec. 16.

II put on other clothes, assuming new bodies

Med. μετενδύομαι, c. aor. Act. μετενέδῡν, Str. 17.1.43:—put on other clothes, τὴν ἐσθῆτα l.c., cf. J. Vit. 28, AJ 20.6.1; τὰς στολάς D.C. 46.39, cf. (Max.Tyr. 4.2: metaph., of souls assuming new bodies, μ. ἐς γυναικέα σκάνεα Ti.Locr. 104d.

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