μεταβατικός
κατὰ τὸν δεύτερον, φασί, πλοῦν τὰ ἐλάχιστα ληπτέον τῶν κακῶν → we must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils
English (LSJ)
ή, όν,
A able to pass from one place to another, τὸ μ. ἀφ' ἑτέρου εἰς ἕτερον Placit.4.8.6; μ. κίνησις motion involving change of place, ib.4.6.1, Ph. 1.397, S.E.M.9.195; μ. ὄργανα organs of motion, Gal.4.546. Adv. -κῶς, κινεῖν Placit.3.13.3, cf. Ph.1.176, Alex.Aphr.in Top.43.32. 2 discursive, φαντασία μ. καὶ συνθετική S.E.M.8.276, cf. Procl.in Prm. p.628 S., in Ti.1.244 D. Adv. -κῶς Id. in Prm.l.c., in Ti.1.246 D.; by the process of analogical or discursive reasoning, εἰ καὶ τὸ νοητὸν μ. ἀπὸ τοῦ αἰσθητοῦ νοοῦμεν S.E.M.3.25; νοῦν . . ἅμα πάντα γιγνώσκοντα καὶ οὐ μ. Dam.Pr.100; opp. ἀμεταβάτως, Procl.Inst.211. II exchanging, bartering: τὸ -κόν the petty dealers, dub. in Hippodam. ap. Stob.4.1.94 (leg. -βλᾱτικόν). III Gramm., not reflexive, of pronouns, A.D.Pron.24.15. Adv. -κῶς ib.44.14.
German (Pape)
[Seite 144] ή, όν, zum Uebergehen, Weggehen geneigt, Sp. Bei den Gramm. ῥήματα, verba transitiva. – Adv., Schol. Theocr. 1, 3.
