μεθάλλομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=used by Hom. only in Ep. aor. part. <b class="b3">μετάλμενος</b>:— <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">leap, rush upon</b>, of warriors, οὔτασε . . μετάλμενος ὀξέϊ δουρί <span class="bibl">Il.5.336</span>; οὔτασε δουρὶ μ. <span class="bibl">14.443</span>; Τρώεσσι μ. ἐν φόβον ὦρσε <span class="bibl">13.362</span>; of a lion, ἥρπαξε μ. <span class="bibl">12.305</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hld.10.30</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">rush after</b>, in a race, οὐκ ἔσθ' ὅς κέ σ' ἕλησι μ. <span class="bibl">Il.23.345</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">leap from</b> one ship <b class="b2">to another</b> in a sea-fight, ἐς ἀλλήλους <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">BC</span>5.120</span>; <b class="b2">spring from side to side, hither and thither</b>, τᾷ καὶ τᾷ τὸν Ἔρωτα μετάλμενον <span class="bibl">Bion <span class="title">Fr.</span>10.6</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hld.6.14</span>, <span class="bibl">Them.<span class="title">Or.</span>22.269c</span>.</span>