μετάθεσις: Difference between revisions

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