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|Definition=<span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> causal, in pres. and impf., fut. and aor. 1, <b class="b2">place in another way, change</b>, <b class="b3">τοι ταῦτα μεταστήσω</b> I <b class="b2">will change</b> thee this present, i. e. <b class="b2">give another instead</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.4.612</span>; μ. τὰ νόμιμα πάντα <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.65</span>; <b class="b3">ὄνομα, τύχην</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>296</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Heracl.</span>935</span>; τὸ μέγα εἰς οὐδὲν χρόνος μ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>304</span> (lyr.); μ. νόμους <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>5.4.64</span>; ταύτην τὴν πολιτείαν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>562c</span>; ἐκ τοῦ παρόντος κόσμου τὴν πόλιν μεταστήσας <span class="bibl">Th.8.48</span>; <b class="b3">ἐς ὀλιγαρχίαν μ. [τὴν πολιτείαν</b>] <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>2.3.24</span>; <b class="b3">ἐξ ὀλιγαρχίας ἐς τὸ δημοκρατεῖσθαι μ. τοὺς Βυζαντίους</b> ib.<span class="bibl">4.8.27</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ ἐκεῖ πάντα πρὸς Λακεδαιμονίους</b> ib.<span class="bibl">2.2.5</span>; also <b class="b3">ἐκ τῆς καθεστηκυίας ἄλλην μ. [πολιτείαν</b>] <b class="b2">introduce a new</b> polity, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1301b8</span>; μ. βασιλείαν ἀντὶ τυραννίδος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ep.</span>319d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> c. gen. partit., <b class="b3">οὐ μεθίστησι τοῦ χρώματος</b> he [[changes]] [nothing] [[of]] his colour, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>398</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of persons, <b class="b2">set free</b>, τινὰ νόσου <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>463</span>; <b class="b3">κακῶν, πόνων</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>1442</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">IT</span>991</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">775</span>; ὕπνου <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Or.</span>133</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">remove by killing</b>, αὑτόν <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>18.6.2</span>: so in Med., <b class="b3">τὸν ἄνθρωπον</b> ib.<span class="bibl">18.9.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">remove from one place to another</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.4.57</span>; ὠστράκιζον καὶ μεθίστασαν ἐκ τῆς πόλεως <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1284a21</span>; ἐς ἄλλην χθόνα μ. πόδα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>49</span>:— aor. 1 Med. <b class="b3">μεταστήσασθαι</b> <b class="b2">remove from oneself</b> or <b class="b2">from one's presence</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.89</span>, <span class="bibl">8.101</span>, <span class="bibl">And.1.12</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.79</span>; [[banish]], <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.129</span>; μ. φρουρὰς ἐκ πόλεων <span class="bibl">Plb.18.44.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">B</span> Pass., with aor. 1 <b class="b3">μετεστάθην [ᾰ</b>] <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>1202</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">D.26.6</span>, also aor. 2, pf., and plpf. Act.: </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> of persons, <b class="b2">stand among</b> or <b class="b2">in the midst of</b>, c. dat., ἑτάροισι μεθίστατο <span class="bibl">Il.5.514</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">change one's position</b>, <b class="b3">τυράννοις ἐκποδὼν μεθίστασο</b> <b class="b2">make way</b> for them, <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Ph.</span>40</span>; [[depart]], παλαιὸν εἰς ἴχνος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>538</span> (lyr.); ἐκ τῆς τάξιος <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.58</span>; ἐκ τυραννικοῦ κύκλου <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>750</span>; ἔξω τῆς οἰκουμένης <span class="bibl">Aeschin. 3.165</span>; ἐκ φωτὸς εἰς σκότος μ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>518a</span>: c. gen., δεῦρ' Ἰωλκίας χθονός <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>551</span>; θρόνων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>75</span>; μ. φυγῇ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Med.</span>1295</span>: abs., μετάσταθ', ἀπόβαθι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>162</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">D.23.69</span>; <b class="b3">ὅταν μεταστῇ [ὄλβος</b>] <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>646.6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> c. gen. rei, <b class="b2">change, cease from</b>, κότου <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span> 900</span>; ξηρῶν τρόπων <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1451</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pl.</span>365</span>; <b class="b3">λύπης, κακῶν</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span> 1122</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Hel.</span>856</span>; <b class="b3">μ. βίου</b> die, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Alc.</span>21</span> (also <b class="b3">μ</b>. alone, <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>17.4.2</span>, Plu. 2.1104c; <b class="b3">ἑκὼν μ</b>. commit suicide, Vett. Val.94.9); <b class="b3">μ. φρενῶν</b> [[change]] from <b class="b2">one's</b> former mind, <b class="b2">change one's</b> mind, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>944</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">go over to</b> another party, [[revolt]], <span class="bibl">Th.1.35</span>, etc.; ἀπό τινος <span class="bibl">Id.8.76</span>; <b class="b3">παρά</b> or <b class="b3">πρός τινα</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.1.107</span>,<span class="bibl">130</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b2">to be banished</b>, ὑπό τινων <span class="bibl">D.26.6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of things, <b class="b2">change, alter</b>, either <b class="b2">for the better</b>, τῆς τύχης εὖ μετεστεώσης <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.118</span>; ἐς τὸ λῷον… μεθέστηκεν κέαρ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>911</span>; or <b class="b2">for the worse</b>, <b class="b3">ἐξ ἧς [πολιτείας] ἡ ὀλιγαρχία μετέστη</b> from which oligarchy <b class="b2">arose by a change</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>553e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>2.3.24</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1301a22</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.6.9.10</span>; <b class="b3">εἴ τι μὴ δαίμων… μεθέστηκε στρατῷ</b> <b class="b2">hath changed</b> for them, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>158</span> (troch.); νέος μεθέστηκ' ἐκ γέροντος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>796</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> Medic., of pains, <b class="b2">change position</b>, εἰς τὴν ἄνω χώραν Gal.16.652.</span>