μεταβολή
τά δέ ἄνευ συμπλοκῆς, οἷον ἄνθρωπος, βοῦς, τρέχει, νικᾷ → and the simple forms of speech, for example: 'man', 'ox', 'runs', 'wins'
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A change, changing, μεταβολαὶ ἱστίων Pi.P.4.292; ἱματίων μεταβολαί X.Lac.2.1. 2 exchange, barter, ἐπὶ μεταβολῇ with a view to traffic, Th.6.31: metaph., οὔ τιν' ἀπαλλαγὴν τῶν κακῶν ἀλλὰ μ. μειζόνων Epicur.Fr.479. 3 turnover in business, PSI5.495.20 (iii B. C.). 4 payment by transfer in an account, PLond.3.1129b7 (ii A. D.). II (from Med.) transition, change, ἀρχὰ κινήσιος καὶ μεταβολᾶς [Philol.] 21, cf. Chrysipp.Stoic.2.160; μετάστασις καὶ μ. D.2.13; ἐκ μεταβολῆς Men.712, Plb.1.61.7, D.S.13.24; πάλιν ἐκ μ. Aeschin. 2.9: freq. in pl., changes, vicissitudes, τῶν ὡρέων Hdt.2.77, cf. Arist.HA596b23; τῆς τύχης E.Fr.554; αἱ μ. κάτω τε καὶ ἄνω γιγνόμεναι Pl.Phlb.43b, cf. Antipho 2.4.9; αἱ πλεῖσται μ. μάλιστα τέρπουσιν Hp.Vict.1.18; ἦμαρ <ἕν> τοι μ. πολλὰς ἔχει E.Fr.549; τῆς γῆς ἡ ἀρίστη αἰεὶ τὰς μ. τῶν οἰκητόρων εἶχεν Th.1.2: c. gen. objecti, change from a thing, μεταβολὰ κακῶν E.HF735; rarely, change to... ἀπραγμοσύνης μ. Th.6.18: more freq. with Preps., μ. ἐκ φιλοτίμου εἰς φιλοχρήματον Pl.R.553d; ἐκ προστάτου ἐπὶ τύραννον ib.565d; ἐκ τοῦ εἶναι ἐπὶ τὸ μὴ εἶναι Id.Prm.162c; ἡ ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον μ. Diph.104; ἡ ἐναντία μ. change to the contrary, Th.2.43; ἅμα τῇ μ. τῇ ἐς Ἕλληνας their going over to the Greeks, Hdt.1.57; ἡ πρὸς Ῥωμαίους μ. Plb.9.26.2; μ. μεταβάλλειν Pl.R.404a, Arist.Po.1449a14: prov., μ. πάντων γλυκύ E.Or.234, cf. Arist.Rh.1371a28, Antiph.207.5. 2 eclipse, Hdt.1.74; but μ. ἄστρων καὶ ἡλίου reversal of motion, Pl.Plt.271c. 3 αἱ μ. τῶν πολιτειῶν changes of government, Arist.Pol.1292b18; πολιτῶν (v.l. -ειῶν) Th.6.17. 4 migration, [τὰ ζῷα] ποιούμενα τὰς μ. Arist. HA597a3: euphemism for death, Philostr.VA8.31, Corp.Herm.11.15,12.6. 5 as Military term, wheeling about, being a double κλίσις, ἡ εἰς τοὔπισθεν μ. Plb.18.30.4. 6 of literary style, variety, Caecil.Calact. ap. Quint.9.3.38; μ. καὶ ποικίλον D.H.Pomp.3: pl., Longin.5, 23.1. 7 in Music, modulation, e.g. of τόνος or γένος, Aristox.Harm.p.38 M., Cleonid.Harm.13, Bacch.Harm.50, Aristid. Quint.1.11, Ptol.Harm.2.6.
