__A.III later, in one's dealings with, ὅσα ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς μετ᾽ αὐτῶν [[ NT.Act.14.27; ὁ ποιήσας τὸ ἔλεος μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ NT.Luke.10.36; τί ἡμῖν συνέβη μ. τῶν ἀρχόντων “PAmh.” 2.135.15 (2nd c.AD)] NT+2nd c.AD+]: even of hostile action, σὺ ποιεῖς μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ πονηρίαν [[ LXX.Judg.11.27, compare 15.3; πολεμῆσαι μ. τινός NT.Rev.12.7, compare 2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus “Abhandlungen der Göttinger Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften (Phil.-hist. Klasse)” 190.4 codices (but μ. may be a gloss), Wilcken “Chr.” 23.10 (5th c.AD), “OGI” 201.3 (Nubia, 6th c.AD)] LXX+NT+2nd c.AD+]: to denote the union of persons with qualities or circumstances, and so to denote manner, τὸ ἄπραγμον.. μὴ μ. τοῦ δραστηρίου τεταγμένον [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.63, etc.; ἱκετεῦσαι μ. δακρύων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 34c; οἴκτου μέτα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1636; μετ᾽ ἀσφαλείας μὲν δοξάζομεν, μετὰ δέους δὲ.. ἐλλείπομεν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.120, compare “IG” 22.791.12; μ. ῥυθμοῦ βαίνοντες 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.70; ὅσα μετ᾽ ἐλπίδων λυμαίνεται [prev. work] 103, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ψυχὴν ὁσίως βεβιωκυῖαν καὶ μετ᾽ ἀληθείας [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 526c, compare “Phdr.” 249a, 253d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, by means of, μετ᾽ ἀρετῆς πρωτεύειν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.5.8; γράφε μ. μέλανος “PMag.Lond.” 121.226. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.III.2 serving to join two predicates, γενόμενος μ. τοῦ δυνατοῦ καὶ ξυνετός, i.e. δυνατός τε καὶ ξυνετός, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.15; ὅταν πλησιάζῃ μ. τοῦ ἅπτεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 255b.
__A.IV rarely of Time, [[μ. τοῦ γυμνάζεσθαι ἠλείψαντο, for ἅμα, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μετ᾽ ἀνοκωχῆς during.., [[ [prev. author] 5.25. ] Refs]
__B WITH DAT., only poetry, mostly Epic dialect:
__B.I between, among others, but without the close union which belongs to the genitive, and so nearly ={ἐν}, which is sometimes exchanged with it, μ. πρώτοισι.. ἐν πυμάτοισι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.64: ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B.I.1 of persons, among, in company with, μετ᾽ ἀθανάτοισι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.525; μετ᾽ ἀνθρώποις 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 5.30; μ. κόραισι Νηρῆος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.29 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; μ. τριτάτοισιν ἄνασσεν in the third generation (not μ. τριτάτων belonging to it), [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.252 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of haranguing an assembly, μετ᾽ Ἀργείοις ἀγορεύεις [[ 10.250, etc.] Refs]; between, of two parties, φιλότητα μετ᾽ ἀμφοτέροισι βάλωμεν [[ 4.16. ] Refs]
__B.I.3 of separate parts of persons, between, μ. χερσὶν ἔχειν to hold between, i.e. in, the hands, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.4, 184, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1110 (Lyric poetry), etc.; τὸν μ. χ. ἐρύσατο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.344 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅς κεν.. πέσῃ μ. ποσσὶ γυναικός, of a child being born, 'to fall between her feet', [[ 19.110; so μ. γένυσσιν, γαμφηλῇσιν, 11.416, 13.200; μ. φρεσί 4.245, etc. ] Refs]
__B.II to complete a number, besides, over and above, αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ πέμπτος μ. τοῖσιν ἐλέγμην I reckoned myself to be with them a fifth, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.335, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.188 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Οὖτιν.. πύματον ἔδομαι μ. οἷς ἑτάροισι last to complete the number, i.e. after, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.369, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 613, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.39, 17.84. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__C.I of motion, into the middle of, coming into or among, especially where a number of persons is implied, ἵκοντο μ. Τρῶας καὶ Ἀχαιούς [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.264; μ. φῦλα θεῶν 15.54, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.366, +others; μ. μῶλον Ἄρηος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.245; μ. λαὸν Ἀχαιών 5.573, +others; μ. στρατόν, μεθ᾽ ὅμιλον, μεθ᾽ ὁμήγυριν, 5.589, 14.21, 20.142: so of birds, ὥς τ᾽ αἰγυπιὸς μ. χῆνας (though this may be referred to signification 2), 17.460 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of things, εἴ τινα φεύγοντα σαώσειαν μ. νῆας [[ 12.123 ] Refs]; με μ... ἔριδας καὶ νείκεα βάλλει plunges me into them, [[ 2.376 ] Refs]; of place, μ. τ᾽ ἤθεα καὶ νομὸν ἵππων [[ 6.511 ] Refs]; δράγματα μετ᾽ ὄγμον πῖπτον into the midst of the furrow, [[ 18.552. ] Refs]
__C.I.2 in pursuit or quest of, of persons, sometimes in friendlysense, βῆ ῥ᾽ ἰέναι μ. Νέστορα went to seek [[ 3rd c.AD: Nestor Epigrammaticus, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.73, compare 15.221: sometimes in hostile sense, βῆναι μ. τινά] Refs 8th c.BC+] to go after, pursue him, [[ 5.152, 6.21, +others] Refs]; also of things, πλεῖν μ. χαλκόν to sail in quest of it, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.184 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἵκηαι μ. πατρὸς ἀκουήν in search of news of thy father, [[ 2.308, compare 13.415; οἴχονται μ. δεῖπνον 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.346 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πόλεμον μέτα θωρήσσοντο they armed for the battle, [[ 20.329 ] Refs]; ὡπλίζοντο μεθ᾽ ὕλην prepared to seek after wood, [[ 7.418, compare 420; μ. δούρατος ᾤχετ᾽ ἐρωήν 11.357; μ. γὰρ δόρυ ᾔει οἰσόμενος 13.247. ] Refs]
__C.II of sequence or succession,
__C.II.1 of Place, after, behind, λαοὶ ἕπονθ᾽, ὡς εἴ τε μ. κτίλον ἕσπετο μῆλα like sheep after the bell-wether, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.492, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.260, 21.190, “hymnus ad Venerem” 69; ἔσχατοι μ. Κύνητας οἰκέουσι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.49 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; μ. τὴν θάλασσαν beyond, on the far side of the sea, [[Theo Sm. p.122 H. ] Refs]
__C.II.2 of Time, after, next to, μ. δαῖτας [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.352 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; μεθ᾽ Ἕκτορα πότμος ἑτοῖμος after Hector thy death is at the door, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.96; μ. Πάτροκλόν γε θανόντα 24.575, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.34; μετ᾽ εὐχάν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 231 (Lyric poetry), etc.; μ. ταῦτα ] Refs 8th c.BC+]thereupon, there-after, [[ hymnus ad Mercurium 126, etc.; τὸ μ. ταῦτα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 34c; τὸ μ. τοῦτο [prev. author] “Criti.” 120a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μετ᾽ ὀλίγον ὕστερον shortly after, [[ [prev. author] “Lg.” 646c; μ. μικρόν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Demon.” 8; μ. ἡμέρας τρεῖς μ. τὴν ἄφεδρον 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.19; μ. ἔτη δύο 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 1.13.1; μ. τρίτον ἔτος 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.2.8 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; μ. χρυσόθρονον ἠῶ after daybreak, [[ “hymnus ad Mercurium” 326: but μετ᾽ ἡμέρην] Refs] by day, opposed to νυκτός, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.150, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 251e, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μεθ᾽ ἡμέραν, opposed to νύκτωρ, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 485; μ. νύκτας 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 6.6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. τὸν ἑξέτη καὶ τὴν ἑξέτιν after the boy or girl has attained the age of six years, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 794c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__C.II.3 in order of Worth, Rank, etc., next after, following superlative, κάλλιστος ἀνὴρ.. τῶν ἄλλων Δαναῶν μετ᾽ ἀμύμονα Πηλεΐωνα [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.674, compare 7.228, 12.104, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.350, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.53, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.2.11, etc.; κοῦροι οἳ.. ἀριστεύουσι μεθ᾽ ἡμέας 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.652, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.18 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: where superlative is implied, ὃς πᾶσι μετέπρεπε.. μ. Πηλεΐωνος ἑταῖρον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.195, compare 17.280, 351 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; μ. μάκαρας next to the gods, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1080 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; also μάχεσθαι μ. πολλοὺς τῶν Ἑλλήνων to be inferior in fighting to many.., [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Heroicus” 6. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__C.III after, according to, μ. σὸν καὶ ἐμὸν κῆρ as you and I wish, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.52; μετ᾽ ἀνέρος ἴχνι᾽ ἐρευνῶν 18.321; μετ᾽ ἴχνια βαῖνε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.406. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__C.IV generally, among, between, as with dative (B.I), μ. πάντας ὁμήλικας ἄριστος best among all, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.54, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.419; μ. πληθύν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.143 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; μ. τοὺς τετελευτηκότας including those who have died, [[ “PLond.” 2.260.87 (1st c.AD)] Refs 1st c.AD+]; μ. χεῖρας ἔχειν [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.16. β᾽, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.138, “POxy.” 901.9 (4th c.AD),compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 2.14, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__D μετά with all cases can be put after its substantive, and is then by anastrophe μέτα, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.301 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], but not when the ultima is elided, [[ 17.258, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.147. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__E absolutely as adverb., among them, with them, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.446, 477, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; with him, οὐκ οἶον, μ. καὶ Γανυμήδεα [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.115. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__E.II and then, next afterwards, opposed to πρόσθε, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.133. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
