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μεθίστημι:
causal, in present and imperfect, future and aorist 1, place in another way, change, τοι ταῦτα μεταστήσω I will change thee this present, i. e. give another instead, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.612; μ. τὰ νόμιμα πάντα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.65 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὄνομα, τύχην, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 296, “Heracl.” 935; τὸ μέγα εἰς οὐδὲν χρόνος μ. [prev. author] “fragment” 304 (Lyric poetry); μ. νόμους 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.4.64; ταύτην τὴν πολιτείαν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 562c; ἐκ τοῦ παρόντος κόσμου τὴν πόλιν μεταστήσας 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.48 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς ὀλιγαρχίαν μ. [τὴν πολιτείαν] [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.3.24; ἐξ ὀλιγαρχίας ἐς τὸ δημοκρατεῖσθαι μ. τοὺς Βυζαντίους [prev. work] 4.8.27; τὰ ἐκεῖ πάντα πρὸς Λακεδαιμονίους [prev. work] 2.2.5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ἐκ τῆς καθεστηκυίας ἄλλην μ. [πολιτείαν] introduce a new polity, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1301b8; μ. βασιλείαν ἀντὶ τυραννίδος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 319d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 with genitive partitive, οὐ μεθίστησι τοῦ χρώματος he changes [nothing] of his colour, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 398 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II of persons, set free, τινὰ νόσου [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 463 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κακῶν, πόνων, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1442, “IT” 991, compare 775; ὕπνου [prev. author] “Or.” 133. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 remove by killing, αὑτόν [[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 18.6.2: so in ] Refs 1st c.AD+]middle, τὸν ἄνθρωπον[[ [prev. work] 18.9.5. ] Refs]
__II.3 remove from one place to another, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.57; ὠστράκιζον καὶ μεθίστασαν ἐκ τῆς πόλεως 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1284a21; ἐς ἄλλην χθόνα μ. πόδα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 49:] Refs 5th c.BC+] — aorist 1 middle μεταστήσασθαι remove from oneself or from one's presence, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.89, 8.101, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.12, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.79 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; banish, [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.129; μ. φρουρὰς ἐκ πόλεων 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.44.4. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B passive, with aorist 1 μετεστάθην [ᾰ] [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1202 (Lyric poetry), 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 26.6, also ] Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist 2, perfect, and pluperfect active:
__B.I of persons, stand among or in the midst of, with dative, ἑτάροισι μεθίστατο [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.514. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B.I.2 change one's position, τυράννοις ἐκποδὼν μεθίστασο make way for them, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 40 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; depart, παλαιὸν εἰς ἴχνος [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 538 (Lyric poetry); ἐκ τῆς τάξιος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.58; ἐκ τυραννικοῦ κύκλου 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 750; ἔξω τῆς οἰκουμένης 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.165; ἐκ φωτὸς εἰς σκότος μ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 518a: with _genitive_, δεῦρ᾽ Ἰωλκίας χθονός 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 551; θρόνων [prev. author] “Ph.” 75; μ. φυγῇ [prev. author] “Med.” 1295: _absolutely_, μετάσταθ᾽, ἀπόβαθι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 162 (Lyric poetry), compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.69 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅταν μεταστῇ [ὄλβος] [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 646.6. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.I.3 with genitive of things, change, cease from, κότου [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 900; ξηρῶν τρόπων 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1451 (Lyric poetry), compare “Pl.” 365 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λύπης, κακῶν, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1122, “Hel.” 856 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. βίου die, [[ [prev. author] Alcaeus21 (also μ. alone, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 17.4.2, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1104c] Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἑκὼν μ. commit suicide, Vett. Val.94.9); μ. φρενῶν change from one's former mind, change one's mind, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 944. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.I.4 go over to another party, revolt, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.35, etc.; ἀπό τινος [prev. author] 8.76 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; παρά or πρός τινα, [[ [prev. author] 1.107, 130. ] Refs]
__B.I.5 to be banished, ὑπό τινων [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 26.6. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.II of things, change, alter, either for the better, τῆς τύχης εὖ μετεστεώσης [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.118; ἐς τὸ λῷον.. μεθέστηκεν κέαρ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 911 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; or for the worse, ἐξ ἧς [πολιτείας] ἡ ὀλιγαρχία μετέστη from which oligarchy arose by a change, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 553e, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.3.24, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1301a22, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.9.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἴ τι μὴ δαίμων.. μεθέστηκε στρατῷ hath changed for them, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 158 (troch.); νέος μεθέστηκ᾽ ἐκ γέροντος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 796. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II.2 in Medicine texts, of pains, change position, εἰς τὴν ἄνω χώραν [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 16.652. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
