μετοχή
ἆρ' ἐς τὸ κάλλος ἐκκεκώφηται ξίφη → can it be that her beauty has blunted their swords, can it be that their swords are blunted at the sight of her beauty
English (LSJ)
ἡ, (μετέχω)
A sharing, participation, Hdt.1.144, Pl.Ep.345a, AP9.316.9 (Leon.); περὶ μετοχῆς τοῦ παραδείσου their shares in the orchard, PCair.Zen.369.2 (iii B.C.); παρουσία καὶ μ. Plu.2.945f; τίς μ. δικαιοσύνῃ καὶ ἀνομίᾳ; 2 Ep.Cor.6.14; κατὰ μετοχήν in virtue of participation in something else, Arist.Metaph.1030a13, Ph.1.47; κατὰ μετοχήν τε καὶ μετουσίαν τῆς ἰδέας Polyxenus ap. Alex. Aphr. in Metaph.84.17; μ. καὶ θείων καὶ ἀνθρωπίνων πάντων GDI5040.13, cf. 5042.8 (Hierapytna). 2 Astrol., joint possession or occupation by two planets, Antioch.Astr. in Cat.Cod.Astr.8(3).107,115, Porph.in Ptol.190. 3 partaking of food, τῇ τῶν ζῴων μετοχῇ lamb.VP24.108 codd. (dub.l.). 4 partnership, PRev.Laws14.10 (pl., iii B.C.), etc. II Gramm., participle, D.T.634.5, D.H.Comp.2, Plu.2.1011c, A.D.Synt.15.20, al., Poll.7.9, Eust.138.16. III compactness, LXX Ps.121(122).3.
