μετάστασις: Difference between revisions

|Definition= εως, ἡ, (μεθίστημι) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">removing, removal</b>, πόνων S.<span class="title">Ichn.</span>217; κακοῦ <span class="bibl">And. 2.8</span>; <b class="b3">μετάστασινἴσχειν</b> admit of <b class="b2">removal</b>, of disease, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aph.</span>5.7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> Rhet., <b class="b2">removal of the scene</b> to some hypothetical condition, Quint. 3.6.53. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">shifting</b> of blame, <span class="bibl">Hermog.<span class="title">Stat.</span>2</span>,<span class="bibl">6</span> (sg. and pl.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> (μεθίσταμαι) <b class="b2">removal, migration</b>, of Place, μ. ἐξ οἰκείας εἰς ἀλλοτρίαν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>82a</span>; εἰς τὴν γείτονα πόλιν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>877a</span>; being something short of banishment, μ. τῶν πολιτῶν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ep.</span>356e</span>; μεταστάσεις ποιούντων ἐπ' ἄλλον τόπον <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Ep.</span>2p.38U.</span>; <b class="b3">μ. ἐπὶ τάδε καὶ ἐπ' ἐκεῖνα τοῦ βουλευτηρίου</b> <b class="b2">vote, division</b> in the Senate, <span class="bibl">D.C.41.2</span>; <b class="b3">ἡλίου μ</b>. its fabled <b class="b2">change of course</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>816</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">departure</b> from life, τοῦ βίου μεταστάσεις <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>554</span>; ἡ ἐκ τοῦ βίου μ. <span class="bibl">Plb.30.2.5</span>; <b class="b3">μ</b>. alone, <b class="b2">death</b>, <span class="bibl">Simon.32</span>, <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>17.4.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> on the Stage, <b class="b2">exit</b> of the chorus, <span class="bibl">Poll. 4.108</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">d</span> Medic., <b class="b2">transference</b> of the seat of disease, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aff.</span> 12</span>, Gal.17(2).790, <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">SA</span>1.7</span>; but, <b class="b2">dislocation</b>, Gal.8.246. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">change</b>, <b class="b3">μορφῆς, γνώμης</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>1266</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Andr.</span>1003</span>; <b class="b3">μετάστασιν διδόναι</b> (sc. <b class="b3">θυμῷ</b>) to allow <b class="b2">a change</b> to one's wrath, i. e. suffer it to cease, <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Ant.</span>718</span>; τοῦ φρονεῖν μ. <span class="bibl">Alex.292</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">change of political constitution</b>, πολιτείας μ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>856c</span>; πρώτη μ. τῶν ἐξ ἀρχῆς <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>41.2</span>; at Athens, the <span class="title">Revolution</span> of <span class="bibl">404</span> B.C., <span class="bibl">Lys.30.10</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">counter-revolution</b>, ἐκ στάσεως μ. <span class="bibl">Th.4.74</span>.</span>

|sltr=<b>μετάστᾰσις</b><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>[[transformation]] ἦ γὰρ αὐτῶν μετάστασιν ἄκραν [θῆ] κε (sc. [[Περσεύς]]; a ref. to the [[transformation]] of the Seriphians [[into]] [[stone]] [[through]] the [[Gorgon]]'s [[head]]) Δ. 4. 40.