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μεθάλλομαι

methallomai

leap, rush upon

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Where it lives

Against Phaenippus 1 · 4.51/10k
Iliad 6 · 0.54/10k

What it meant

μεθάλλομαι · methallomai — LSJ

leap, rush upon

leap, rush upon, of warriors, οὔτασε . . μετάλμενος ὀξέϊ δουρί Il. 5.336; οὔτασε δουρὶ μ. 14.443; Τρώεσσι μ. ἐν φόβον ὦρσε 13.362; of a lion, ἥρπαξε μ. 12.305, cf. Hld. 10.30.

2 rush after

rush after, in a race, οὐκ ἔσθʼ ὅς κέ σʼ ἕλησι μ. Il. 23.345.

II leap from, to another, spring from side to side, hither and thither

leap from one ship to another in a sea-fight, ἐς ἀλλήλους App. BC 5.120; spring from side to side, hither and thither, τᾷ καὶ τᾷ τὸν Ἔρωτα μετάλμενον Bion Fr. 10.6, cf. Hld. 6.14, Them. Or. 22.269c.

In the wild

μετάλλοὐ · metallou Demosthenes, Against Phaenippus 3 (DIORISIS sentence 5)
μετάλμενος · metalmenos Iliad 11.538
μετάλμενος · metalmenos Iliad 12.305
μετάλμενος · metalmenos Iliad 13.362
μετάλμενος · metalmenos Iliad 14.443
μετάλμενος · metalmenos Iliad 23.345

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Where it came from

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