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μετουσί-α

metousia · ἡ

participation, partnership, communion

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

μετουσί-α · metousi-a — LSJ

participation, partnership, communion, enjoyment, means of using

participation, partnership, communion, μ. ἑορτῆς Ar. Ra. 446; μετουσίαν δεῖ τῶν τρόπων τὸ σῶμʼ ἔχειν Id. Th. 152; σοὶ δὲ ἀρετῆς . . τίς μ.; D. 18.128; πεδίων μ. enjoyment, means of using, X. Cyr. 8.5.23; τῶν δικαίων D. 15.29; τὰς τῆς ἰσηγορίας καὶ τὰς τῆς ἐλευθερίας ἡμῶν μετουσίας ἀφαιρεῖσθαι Id. 21.124, cf. SIG 426.24 (Teos, iii B.C.), IG 12(3).1296.23 (Thera, ii B.C.), OGI 229.77.

II participation

in Philos., = μέθεξις, participation in the universal by the particular, κατὰ μετοχήν τε καὶ μ. Polyxenus ap. Alex.Aphr. in Metaph. 84.18; ὁ μὲν αἰσχρός, ὁ δὲ αἰσχίων εἴδους τοῦ αὐτοῦ μετουσίᾳ Plot. 6.1.9, cf. 5.3.15, Procl. in Prm. p.557 S.

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Where it came from

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