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μεταλαμβάνω

μεταλαμβάνω, to have or get a share of

μεταλαμβάνω, fut. -λήψομαι Th. 6.18:—
  • have or get a share of, partake of, c. gen. rei, ληΐης, καμάτου, μιαρίας, Hdt. 4.64, Pi. N. 10.79, Antipho 3.3.12; ἀμείνονος μοίρας Pl. Phdr. 248e; τροφῆς Act.Ap. 2.46, etc.:—Med., μεταλαμβάνεσθαί τινος lay claim to, τοῦ οὐνόματος Hdt. 4.45.
      • 2 with the part received added in acc., Ἄρεως μοῖραν μ. E. Ba. 302; τὸ πέμπτον μέρος τῶν ψήφων Pl. Ap. 36b, D. 18.266, etc.; μ. τῶν τῆς ἀρετῆς μορίων οἱ μὲν ἄλλο οἱ δὲ ἄλλο Pl. Prt. 329e.
      • 3 c. acc. rei, ἢν μὴ μεταλάβῃ τοὐπίπεμπτον Ar. Fr. 201; δικαστῶν τοσούτων οὐ δὲ διακοσίας ψήφους μ. And. 1.17.
      • 4 in Platonic Philos., c. gen. rei, participate in the universal, ἤτοι ὅλου τοῦ εἴδους ἢ μέρους μ. Pl. Prm. 131a.
      • 5 c. gen. pers., have part in, share his society, X. Cyr. 7.5.51; go shares with another, ὡς ἐμοῦ τι κεκλοφότος ζητεῖς μεταλαβεῖν Ar. Pl. 370.
      • 6 receive notice or information, Mitteis Chr. 31 ii 2 (ii B. C.): c. acc. et inf., PTeb. 40.7 (ii B. C.), LXX 2 Ma. 4.21: c. acc. et part., μ. πολιορκοῦντά τινα ib. 11.6; μ. διότι . . Aristeas 316:—Pass., to be cited, = Lat. recitari, ἐκ διπτύχων SIG 827 B 1 (Delph., ii A. D.).
      • 7 understand, φωνάς Philostr. VA 1.19.
    • II receive in succession or afterwards, [χαλινόν] X. Eq. 10.6; [ἱμάτιον] θάτερον Eup. 159.6; πλοῦτον ἕτερον Philem. 201; occupy a position left by the enemy, Plb. 10.40.11, etc.; μ. τὴν ἀρχήν succeed to the government, Id. 5.40.6, cf. PTeb. 79.49 (ii B. C.); μ. τὸν λόγον take up the discourse, i.e. answer, Plb. 18.2.2; μ. alone, Id. 10.38.1, etc.; οἱ παρά τινος -λημψόμενοι his successors in title, PTeb. 294.18 (ii A. D.), etc.; ἐκ διαδοχῆς μ. τὸ ἱερόν Stud.Pal. 22.184.95 (ii A. D.).
      • 2 abs., come after, come on, ἅμα τῷ μεταλαβεῖν τὸ τῆς νυκτός Plb. 15.30.2.
    • III take instead, take in exchange, substitute, πόλεμον ἀντʼ εἰρήνης Th. 1.120; ἄλλο ὄνομα ἀντὶ τῆς ἡδονῆς Pl. Prt. 355c; διαναπαύσωμεν αὐτὸν μεταλαβόντες αὐτοῦ τὸν συγγυμναστήν; Id. Plt. 257c; τὰ ὄργανα τἀλλήλων Id. R. 434a, cf. b; μ. τὰ ἐπιτηδεύματα ἐς τὸ ὁμοῖον adopt new customs so as to resemble others, Th. 6.18, cf. Pl. Prt. 356d; ἱμάτια, ἐσθῆτας μ., X. Cyr. 4.5.4, Plb. 3.78.3; μ. παλτόν take another javelin, X. Eq. 12.13: c. inf., ἀντὶ τοῦ αἰεὶ φυλάσσεσθαι . . [τὸ] ἀντεπιβουλεῦσαι μ. Th. 6.87.
    • IV Pass., to be changed, Sor. 2.9, Olymp. in Mete. 36.19.
      • 2 Medic., of humours, blood, to be transferred, conveyed, ὑπὸ δηχθέντος Ruf. Fr. 118, cf. Sor. 2.7.
      • 3 Gramm., to be changed, altered, εἰς . . A.D. Synt. 107.2; also, of words, have their construction altered, εἰς . . Id. Pron. 15.11, al.; but μ. ἐκ . . to be used in place of, Id. Synt. 195.14, al.
    • V take words in another sense, τὰ πράγματα τοῖς ὀνόμασι μ. Hld. 9.9, cf. Them. in de An. 18.35; parody, Ath. 8.336f (Pass.).
      • 2 translate, interpret, Ph. 1.480 (Pass.).
    • VI in the Logic of Arist., τὸ μεταλαμβανόμενον proposition substituted for the original thesis in hypothetical reasoning, APr. 41a39.

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