μέθεξις,εως,ἡ, (μετέχω)
A. participation,οὐσίας μετὰ χρόνου participationof being in time, Pl. Prm. 151e ;χρόνουin time, ib. 141d ; αἱ μ. τῶν ἀρχῶν
Arist. Pol. 1278a23
.
II. in Platonic philosophy,participationin the ideas, ἡ μ. τοῖς ἄλλοις . . τῶν εἰδῶν
Pl. Prm. 132d
, cf. Arist. Metaph. 987b10 ;ταὐτοῦ inthe same, Pl. Sph. 256b .
III. in Logic,κατὰ μέθεξινasbeing containedorcomprehended, as genus or difference in species, Arist. Top. 132b35 .