μετάληψις

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A participation, Pl.Prm.131a; λόγων in philosophy, Id.R.539d; γένεσις μ. οὐσίας Id.Def.411a; γίνεσθαι κατὰ τὴν μ. [τοῦ εἴδους] Arist.GC335b14, cf. Metaph.1072b20, etc.; partaking of food, 1 Ep.Ti.4.3.    2 concurrence, POxy.1273.39 (iii A. D.), etc.    3 Gramm., τὸ λέγων μ. ἐνεστῶτος καὶ παρατατικοῦ is shared by... A.D.Adv.124.1.    II alternation, τῶν λόγων Pl.Tht.173b; αἱ μ. τοῦ σχήματος Plb.9.20.2; ἐκ μεταλήψεως Id.2.33.4.    2 succession, μ. τῆς ἀρχῆς Id.31.13.3.    3 taking one thing instead of another, ἡ ἀντὶ τοῦ μείζονος ἐλάττονος μ. Arist.Rh.1369b25.    4 Rhet., use of one word for another, as of Ἥφαιστος for πῦρ, Quint.8.6.37, Trypho Trop.5, etc.; transference of meaning, Eust.79.12.    5 objection, counterplea, Sch.Pl.Euthphr.4d; esp. concurrence coupled with objection, Syrian. in Hermog.2.153 R., Corn. Rh.p.391 H.    6 συλλογισμοὶ κατὰ μετάληψιν hypothetical syllogisms involving the substitution of a proposition for the original thesis, Arist.APr.45b17; cf. μεταλαμβάνω VI.    7 Gramm., change of construction, A.D.Synt.210.3; change in dialect, ib.335.1; change of name, Demetr.Lac.Herc.1014.60.    8 translation, rendering, Eust. ad D.P.180; ἡ εἰς τὸ Ἑλληνικὸν μ. Id.ib.294.    9 transference, αἱ ἐς νεφροὺς καὶ κύστιας -λήψιες Aret.SD1.9.    10 κατὰ μετάληψιν κατατεῖναι, of reflex tension over a pulley (cf. μεταληπτικός 11), Heliod. ap. Orib.48.9.25.