μεταπίπτω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=used as Pass. of [[μεταβάλλω]], <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[fall differently]], [[undergo a change]], </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">a</span> in form, <span class="bibl">Heraclit.88</span>, <span class="bibl">Meliss.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>440a</span>, etc.; πολλαχῶς μ. <span class="bibl">Diog.Apoll.2</span>; μ. τὸ εἶδος <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.61</span>; μ. εἰς ἄλλο εἶδος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>440b</span>; ἐκ γυναικὸς ἐς ὄρνεον <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Philops.</span>2</span>: Gramm., τὸ ᾱ μ. εἰς τὸ ο <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Adv.</span>188.25</span>; [[fall into disrepair]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>4.444.3</span> (iii B. C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> in mind, [[change one's opinion suddenly]], τὸν ὁμόθεν πεφυκότα στέργων μετέπεσον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>502</span>; ἐξ ἐχθίστου μ. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>627</span>: abs., <span class="bibl">Isoc.9.50</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.5.49.7</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PRyl.</span>118.4</span> (i B. C.); also μ. εἰς τἀναντία τῆς γνώμης <span class="bibl">Plb.21.7.7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of place, [[migrate]], [[be transferred]], <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Mete.</span>360b18</span>, al.; of votes, εἰ τριάκοντα μόναι μετέπεσον τῶν ψήφων <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Ap.</span>36a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.252</span>; but <b class="b3">ὀστράκου μεταπεσόντος</b> [[on the fall]] of the sherd [[with the other side uppermost]], [[proverb|prov.]], of a sudden change (borrowed from the game [[ὀστρακίνδα]]), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>241b</span>, cf. Sch. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> of conditions, circumstances, etc., μεταπίπτοντος δαίμονος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>913</span> (anap.); μ. ἄνω κάτω <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>493a</span>; τοὐναντίον μεταπέπτωκεν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tht.</span> 162d</span>; τὰ μὲν [πάθη] ταχὺ μεταπίπτειν εἴθισται <span class="bibl">D.26.18</span>; τὸ τῆς τύχης γὰρ ῥεῦμα μ. ταχύ <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Georg.Fr.</span>2</span>; freq. of political changes, [[undergo revolution]], <span class="bibl">Th.8.68</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ep.</span>325a</span>; <b class="b3">μετεπεπτώκει τὰ πράγματα</b> [[a revolution had taken place]], <span class="bibl">Lys.20.14</span>; ἡ Ῥωμαίων δυναστεία μετέπεσεν εἰς μοναρχίαν <span class="bibl">Hdn.1.1.4</span>; also ἀρχὴ -πεσοῦσα εἰς ἄνδρα ἐξ ἀσήμου γένους <span class="bibl">Id.2.3.1</span>: generally, [[change for the worse]], ἐξ εὐπορίης εἰς πενίην <span class="bibl">Democr.101</span>; εἰς δουλείαν <span class="bibl">Lycurg.50</span>; ἐξ εὐτυχίας εἰς δυστυχίαν <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Po.</span>1453a2</span>; also, [[for the better]], μ. ἐκ τοῦ κακῶς πράττειν <span class="bibl">Lycurg.60</span>; μεταπέσοι βελτίονα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span> 412</span>; τοῦ πυκνὰ μεταπίπτοντος κριτηρίου <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Fr.</span>230</span>; of a person, to [[be variable]], μ. καὶ μεταρριπίζεσθαι <span class="bibl">Arr. <span class="title">Epict.</span>1.4.19</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">μεταπίπτοντες λόγοι</b> fallacies [[due to a change]] in meaning of terms, ib.<span class="bibl">1.7.1</span>; <b class="b3">συλλογισμοὶ μ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">2.17.27</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> c. gen. rei, [[fall from]], [[fail of]]... εἰ ἡ γνῶσις τοῦ γνῶσις εἶναι μὴ μεταπίπτει <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Cra.</span>440a</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> of property, to [[be transferred]], εἴς τινα ἐξ ὀνόματός τινος <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Stud.Pal.</span>4.114.14</span> (ii A.D.).</span>