μετάφημι
νὺξ μὲν ἐμὸν κατέχει ζωῆς φάος ὑπνοδοτείρη → sleep-giving night hath quenched my light of life | sleep-giving night covers my light of life | night, the giver of sleep, holds the light of my life
English (LSJ)
A speak among persons, whether in addressing one or more of them, or as their spokesman, Hom. (only 3sg. impf. μετέφη), c. dat. pl., τῇσιν (sc. δμῳαῖς) μ. Od.18.312; πάντεσσι θεοῖσι Il.19.100: elsewh. Hom. always joins it with τοῖς or τοῖσι, whether a single person is addressed, as in Il.2.411, 4.153, 19.55, or more than one, as in Od.8.132:—μετέφη c. acc. pers. is f. l. in Il.2.795.
German (Pape)
[Seite 156] (s. φημί), wie μεταυδάω, unter, d. i. zu Mehreren sprechen, τοῖσι δ' εὐχόμενος μετέφη, Il. 2, 411, τῇσι, sc. δμωῇσιν, Od. 18, 311, vgl. Iliad. 4, 153. 19, 55; – Il. 2, 795 steht es ohne Casus.
