participation
μετά-ληψις,εως,ἡ,
A. participation, Pl. Prm. 131a ;λόγωνin philosophy, Id. R. 539d ; γένεσις μ. οὐσίας
Id. Def. 411a
;γίνεσθαι κατὰ τὴν μ. [τοῦ εἴδους] Arist. GC 335b14 , cf. Metaph. 1072b20 , etc.;partakingof food, 1 Ep.Ti. 4.3 .
2. concurrence,
POxy. 1273.39
(iii A. D.), etc.
3. Gramm.,τὸ "λέγων" μ. ἐνεστῶτος καὶ παρατατικοῦ is shared by. . , A.D. Adv. 124.1 .
II. alternation, τῶν λόγων
Pl. Tht. 173b
; αἱ μ. τοῦ σχήματος
Plb. 9.20.2
; ἐκ μεταλήψεως
Id. 2.33.4
.
2. succession, μ. τῆς ἀρχῆς
Id. 31.13.3
.
3. takingone thinginstead ofanother, ἡ ἀντὶ τοῦ μείζονος ἐλάττονος μ.
Arist. Rh. 1369b25
.
4. Rhet.,use of one word for another, as ofἭφαιστοςforπῦρ, Quint. 8.6.37 , Trypho Trop. 5 , etc.;transferenceof meaning, Eust. 79.12 .
5. objection, counterplea, Sch. Pl. Euthphr. 4d ; esp.concurrence coupled with objection, Syrian. in Hermog. 2.153 R., Corn. Rh. p.391 H.
6. συλλογισμοὶ κατὰ μετάληψινhypothetical syllogisms involving thesubstitutionof a proposition for the original thesis, Arist. APr. 45b17 ; cf.μεταλαμβάνωVI.
7. Gramm.,change of construction, A.D. Synt. 210.3 ;change in dialect, ib. 335.1 ;change of name, Demetr.Lac. Herc. 1014.60 .
8. translation, rendering, Eust. ad D.P. 180 ;ἡ εἰς τὸ Ἑλληνικὸν μ.Id.ib. 294 .
9. transference, αἱ ἐς νεφροὺς καὶ κύστιας -λήψιες
Aret. SD 1.9
.
10. κατὰ μετάληψιν κατατεῖναι, ofreflextension over a pulley (cf. μεταληπτικός
11
), Heliod. ap. Orib. 48.9.25 .
