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|Definition=Aeol. [[πεδέχω]] Alc.59, Sapph.68.2; inf. [[πεδέχην]] Ead. ''Supp.''5.22: <span class="bld">A</span> fut. μεθέξω Th.8.86, later [[μεθέξομαι]] (3sg. misspelt [[μεθέξετε]]) ''IG''3.1427: pf. μετέσχηκα [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.80:—[[partake of]], [[share in]]:—Constr.:<br><span class="bld">1</span> mostly c. gen. rei only, [[κακοτάτων]], [[βρόδων]], Alc.l.c., Sapph.68.2; [[ἀγαθῶν]], [[κακῶν]], [[βίου]], Thgn.82, 354, cf.A.''Pr.''333; <b class="b3">τῆς τοῦ Μάγου ὕβριος</b> [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]l.c.; <b class="b3">μ. τοῦ λόγου</b> to [[be in the secret]], Id.1.127; τοῦ ἔργου And.1.62: c. gen. pers., <b class="b3">μ. τῶν πεντακισχιλίων</b> to [[be members]] of the 5,000, Th.l.c.; <b class="b3">μ. τῆς πόλεως, τῆς πολιτείας</b>, Lys.6.48, 30.15; ἐκκλησίας Arist.''Pol.'' 1282a29; also ἐκ τοῦ ἑνὸς ἄρτου μ. ''1 Ep.Cor.''10.17: with dat. pers. added, <b class="b3">μ. τινός τινι</b> [[partake of]] something [[in common with]] another, οὔ οἱ μ. θράσεος Pi.''P.''2.83; πόνων μ. Ἡρακλέει E. ''Heracl.''8; τῶν αὐτῶν ἔργων Ἐρατοσθένει μ. Lys.12.58; μ. ἱερῶν καὶ θυσιῶν τισι X.''HG''2.4.20; μ. τῶν ἴσων τισί Id.''Cyr.''2.1.15, cf. Pl.''Lg.''805d; κινδύνων Plb.3.16.3; also ξὺν σοὶ μετεῖχον τῶν ἴσων S.''El.''1168.<br><span class="bld">2</span> freq. the part or share is added, τοῦ πεδίου οὐκ ἐλαχίστην μοῖραν μ. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.204; μ. τάφου μέρος A.''Ag.''507, cf.Ar.''Pl.''226, Lys.31.5; πλεῖστόν σου μέρος μεθέξομεν [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''7.5.54.<br><span class="bld">3</span> c. acc. rei, <b class="b3">μ. τὸ ἴσον</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[μέρος]]) <b class="b3"> τῶν ἀγαθῶν τινι</b> ib.7.2.28, cf. E.''Fr.''787; μ. τὰς ἴσας πληγὰς ἐμοί Ar.''Pl.''1144; μ. τινὶ τὴν μερίδα ''PPetr.''3p.67 (iii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">4</span> rarely c. acc. only, ἀκερδῆ χάριν μ. S.''OC''1484 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">5</span> c. dat. rei only in a corrupt passage, τῇ… κατὰ τὴν χώραν… οἰκήσει μετεῖχον Th.2.16.<br><span class="bld">6</span> <b class="b3">μ. περὶ ἔργων καὶ τεχνῶν</b> [[have some knowledge]] respecting... Arist.''Pol.'' 1282a11.<br><span class="bld">7</span> abs., to [[be a partner]], PRev.Laws14.11 (iii B.C.); <b class="b3">οἱ μετέχοντες</b> the [[partners]], [[accomplices]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.132.<br><span class="bld">II</span> in Platonic Philos., [[participate in]] a universal, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]''990b31, 1037b19; <b class="b3">τὰ μετέχοντα</b>, opp. <b class="b3">αἱ ἰδέαι</b>, ib.991a3:—Pass., [[μετέχονται]] (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">αἱ ἰδέαι</b>) [[are participated in]], ib.990b30, cf. S.E.''M.''4.16, Procl.''in Prm.''p.650 S., etc.<br><span class="bld">III</span> in Aristotelian Logic, [[share in]], viz. admit the definition of, τὰ μὲν εἴδη μετέχει τῶν γενῶν, τὰ δὲ γένη τῶν εἰδῶν οὔ Arist.''Top.'' 121a12, cf. 123a8, 143b14.