μεθέπω (methepo)

Where it lives

Electra 1 · 1.15/10k
Iliad 4 · 0.36/10k
Odyssey 2 · 0.23/10k
Enneads 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

μεθέπω · methepō — LSJ

pursue, follow after, pursuing

pursue, follow after, ποσὶ κραιπνοῖσι μετασπών Il. 17.190, Od. 14.33; ψεῦδος, of Ixion pursuing the phantom, Pi. P. 2.37, cf. A.R. 4.1339, Epic. ap. Ath. 9.399a, Euph. 9.12:—Med., ἀπιόντα μετασπόμενος βάλε δουρί Il. 13.567: and c. dat., οὔ σοι μὴ μεθέψομαι S. El. 1052.

2 go in search of, drove in search of

c. acc., go in search of, ἡνίοχον μέθεπε θρασύν drove in search of a charioteer, Il. 8.126; [ἔλαφον] μ. Pi. O. 3.31.

3 visit, dost thou come, to visit us?

visit, νέον μεθέπεις; dost thou come but now to visit us? Od. 1.175.

II cherish

cherish, τινα Sapph. l.c.

2 ply, wielding, carrying

ply a business, γεηπονίην Ps.-Phoc. 161; αἶσαν Pi. N. 6.13; νώτῳ μεθέπων ἄχθος wielding, i.e. carrying, a burden on his back, ib. 57; μοῦσαν μ. IG 3.399.3.

III turned, in pursuit of

causal, c. dupl. acc., Τυδεΐδην μέθεπε κρατερώνυχας ἵππους he turned the horses in pursuit of Tydeides, Il. 5.329.—Only poet., mostly Ep. and Lyr.

In the wild

μετασπόμενος · metaspomenos Iliad 13.567
μετασπών · metaspōn Iliad 17.190
μέθεπε · methepe Iliad 5.329
μέθεπε · methepe Iliad 8.126
μεθέπεις · methepeis Odyssey 1.175
μετασπὼν · metaspōn Odyssey 14.33

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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