μῆτις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, gen. ιος <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>3.9</span>; acc. pl. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> μήτιας <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ven.</span>249</span>; also gen. ιδος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>61</span> (lyr.); acc. pl. ιδας <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ch.</span>626</span> (lyr.); dat. <b class="b3">μήτιδι</b> Orac. ap.<span class="bibl">Hdt.7.141</span>; Ep. <b class="b3">μήτῑ</b> for <b class="b3">μήτιϊ</b>, Hom. (v. infr.); pl. μητίεσσι <span class="bibl">Pi. <span class="title">O.</span>1.9</span>; acc. μῆτιν <span class="bibl">Il.2.407</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>158</span> (lyr.):—<b class="b2">wisdom, skill, craft</b>, <b class="b3">Διὶ μῆτιν ἀτάλαντος</b> (cf. <b class="b3">μητίετα</b>) Il.l.c., al.; βροτείη μ. <span class="bibl">Emp.2.9</span>; τὰν Διὸς γὰρ οὐχ ὁρῶ μῆτιν, ὅπᾳ φύγοιμ' ἄν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>906</span> (lyr.); μήτι . . καὶ κέρδεσιν <span class="bibl">Od.13.299</span>; μήτι . . μέγ' ἀμείνων ἠὲ βίηφι <span class="bibl">Il.23.315</span>; <b class="b3">μῆτιν ἀλώπηξ</b> a fox <b class="b2">for craft</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>4(3).47</span>; of a poet's <b class="b2">craft</b>, Id.<span class="title">N.</span>l.c. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">counsel, plan, undertaking</b>, ὑφαίνειν μῆτιν <span class="bibl">Il.7.324</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.4.678</span>, etc.: pl., σοφῶν μητίεσσι Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>l.c.; γυναικοβούλους μήτιδας A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>l.c.— Poet. word. (Cf. Skt. <b class="b2">mimāti</b>, pf. part. Pass.<b class="b2">mitá</b>- 'measure', Lat. <b class="b2">metior</b>, OE. <b class="b2">mæþ</b> 'measure'.)</span>