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|Definition=-εως, ἡ, ([[μετατίθημι]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[change of position]], [[transposition]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]''1024a4; μεταθέσεις ἐξ ἕδρας ἀτόμων Epicur.''Fr.''61; ἡ τῶν ῥημάτων μ. D.24.84, cf. D.S.1.23; τοῦ ἀναβαθμοῦ ''PSI''5.546 (iii B. C.); τοῦ ἐμβρύου Sor.2.60; [[couching]] of a cataract, Gal.10.990.<br><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[change]], θεὸς οὐδεμίαν ἐπιδεχόμενος μ. Arist.''Mu.'' 400b29; μ. ἐκ τῆς οἰκείας φύσεως Phld.''Rh.''1.216 S.; νόμου μ. ''Ep.Hebr.'' 7.12; esp. [[change of sides]] or [[opinions]], ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον Plb.1.35.7, cf. Porph.''Abst.''1.2, etc. (hence, [[amendment]], τῶν ἡμαρτημένων Plb.5.11. 5); ἐκ μεταθέσεως Id.30.20.2; [[going over]], πρός τινα Id.5.86.8.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[exchange]], [[barter]], Id.10.1.8 (pl.).<br><span class="bld">4</span> Gramm., [[change]] of a letter, A.D.''Pron.''51.5, al., ''EM''795.34; also, [[metathesis]], [[transposition]] of letters, as [[κραδίη]] for [[καρδία]], Trypho ''Pass.''4, Apollon.''Lex.'' [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[ἀγλαά]].<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[plagiarism]], opp. [[μίμησις]], Demetr.''Eloc.''112.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[power]] or [[right of changing sides]], Th.5.29.