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|Definition=Ep. impf. [[μέθεπον]]; Aeol. 1pl. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> πεδήπομεν <span class="bibl">Sapph.<span class="title">Supp.</span> 23.8</span>: fut. μεθέψω Hsch.: poet. aor. part. [[μετασπών]], Med. [[μετασπόμενος]]: —[[pursue]], [[follow after]], ποσὶ κραιπνοῖσι μετασπών <span class="bibl">Il.17.190</span>, <span class="bibl">Od. 14.33</span>; [[ψεῦδος]], of Ixion [[pursuing]] the phantom, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>2.37</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.R. 4.1339</span>, Epic. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.9.399a</span>, <span class="bibl">Euph.9.12</span>:—Med., ἀπιόντα μετασπόμενος βάλε δουρί <span class="bibl">Il.13.567</span>: and c. dat., οὔ σοι μὴ μεθέψομαι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span> 1052</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> c. acc., [[go in search of]], <b class="b3">ἡνίοχον μέθεπε θρασύν</b> [[drove in search of]] a charioteer, <span class="bibl">Il.8.126</span>; [ἔλαφον] μ. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>3.31</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[visit]], <b class="b3">νέον μεθέπεις</b>; [[dost thou come]] but now [[to visit us]]? <span class="bibl">Od.1.175</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[cherish]], τινα Sapph. l.c. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[ply]] a business, γεηπονίην <span class="bibl">Ps.-Phoc. 161</span>; αἶσαν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>6.13</span>; <b class="b3">νώτῳ μεθέπων ἄχθος</b> [[wielding]], i. e. [[carrying]], a burden on his back, ib.<span class="bibl">57</span>; μοῦσαν μ. <span class="title">IG</span>3.399.3. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> causal, c. dupl. acc., <b class="b3">Τυδεΐδην μέθεπε κρατερώνυχας ἵππους</b> he [[turned]] the horses [[in pursuit of]] Tydeides, <span class="bibl">Il.5.329</span>.—Only poet., mostly Ep. and Lyr.</span>