μέθεξις
μελετᾶν οὖν χρὴ τὰ ποιοῦντα τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν, εἴπερ παρούσης μὲν αὐτῆς πάντα ἔχομεν, ἀπούσης δὲ πάντα πράττομεν εἰς τὸ ταύτην ἔχειν → one must practice the things which produce happiness, since if that is present we have everything and if it is absent we do everything in order to have it | so we must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and, if that be absent, all our actions are directed toward attaining it
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ, (μετέχω)
A participation, οὐσίας μετὰ χρόνου participation of being in time, Pl.Prm.151e; χρόνου in time, ib.141d; αἱ μ. τῶν ἀρχῶν Arist.Pol.1278a23. II in Platonic philosophy, participation in the ideas, ἡ μ. τοῖς ἄλλοις . . τῶν εἰδῶν Pl.Prm.132d, cf. Arist.Metaph.987b10; ταὐτοῦ in the same, Pl.Sph.256b. III in Logic, κατὰ μέθεξιν as being contained or comprehended, as genus or difference in species, Arist.Top.132b35.
German (Pape)
[Seite 111] ἡ, das Theilnehmen, die Theilnahme, Plat. Parm. 132 d Soph. 256 a u. Sp.
