μέτασσαι
From LSJ
Φίλων τρόπους γίνωσκε, μὴ μίσει δ' ὅλως → Mores amici noveris, non oderis → Erkenne, hasse nicht schlechthin der Freunde Art
English (LSJ)
αἱ,
A = μεταγενεῖς, of lambs, χωρὶς μὲν πρόγονοι, χωρὶς δὲ μέτασσαι, χωρὶς δ' αὖθ' ἕρσαι, i.e. the early-born, those born later, and the freshlings or late-born, Od.9.221:—also neut. τὰ μέτασσα
A thereafter, h.Merc.125, cf. An.Ox.1.280. (From μετά, after; cf. ἔπισσαι.)