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μεταβάλλω,
future - βᾰλῶ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1568: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist μετέβᾰλον:—throw into a different position, turn quickly or suddenly, Hom.only once, in tmesi, μετὰ νῶτα βαλών [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.94; χαλεπῶς μ. δέμας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 204 (_anapaest meter_), compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.556; μ. θοἰμάτιον ἐπιδεξιά 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus [same place] ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; μ. γῆν turn, i.e. plough, the earth, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 16.14; μετέβαλε Κύριος ἄνεμον ἐκ θαλάσσης LXX.Exo.10.19 ] LXX+5th c.BC+]; μ. ποταμόν change the course of a river, [[ 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 3.126d. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__II turn about, change, alter, τὸ οὔνομα [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.57; τὴν πολιτείαν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1292b21 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; [οἱ Βρίγες] τὸ οὔνομα μετέβαλον [ἐς Φρύγας] [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.73; τὰς φυλὰς μετέβαλε [ὁ Κλεισθένης] ἐς ἄλλα οὐνόματα [prev. author] 5.68; μ. μορφήν τινος εἰς ἀνδρὸς φύσιν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 54; [τινὰ] ἐπὶ κακόν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 723; ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 381b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. δίαιταν change one's way of life, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.16 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. ὕδατα drink different water, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.117; ὀργὰς μ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 121 (_anapaest meter_); μ. τοὺς τρόπους 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 36, 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 357.7; μ. τὸ ἔθος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.123 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. εὔνοιαν lose it,[[ [prev. work] 77; μ. χώραν ἐκ χώρας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 181c: frequently with _adjectives_, etc., implying change, μ. ἄλλους τρόπους] Refs 5th c.BC+] change and adopt other ways, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 343 (troch.); μ. ἄλλας γραφάς [prev. work] 363 (troch.)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἶδος καινὸν μουσικῆς μ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 424c; πόλις ἄλλον ἐξ ἄλλου -βάλλουσα τύραννον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Timoleon” 1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. ἀντὶ τοῦ ὁμο- ἀ-” [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 405d; ἐμαυτὸν ἄνω κάτω μετέβαλλον [prev. author] “Phd.” 96b; ἄνω καὶ κάτω τὰς δόξας μ. [prev. author] “R.” 508d: with _accusative_ _cognate_, πολλὰς μεταβολὰς.. μ. ὑδάτων καὶ σίτων [prev. work] 404a. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.b translate, νόμον εἰς τὴν Ἑλλάδα φωνήν [[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “AJProoem.” 3, compare 12.2.13 (_passive_). ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II.c stir with a spoon, [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.22 (_passive_). ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__III intransitive, undergo a change, μ. ἐς εὐνομίην [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.65, compare 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.9; μ. εἰς ὀλιγαρχικὸν ἐκ τοῦ τιμοκρατικοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 553a, etc.; μ. ἐπὶ τοὐναντίον [prev. author] “Plt.” 270d; ὅταν εἰς ἑτέραν -βάλῃ πολιτείαν ἡ πόλις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1276b14, compare 1301a20: _impersonal_, μεταβάλλει διὰ πλειόνων ζῴων] Refs 5th c.BC+] changes run through a series of creatures, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 2.4.4 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: with genitive of things, come in exchange for or instead of, καιναὶ καινῶν μεταβάλλουσαι.. συντυχίαι [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1118. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.b vary, μεταβάλλειν τὰς ἐπιστήμας τοῖς τόποις [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.115 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.2 change one's course, μεταβαλὼν πρὸς Ἀθηναίους turning to the Athenians, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.109: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist participle μεταβαλών absolutely, instead, in turn, μεταβαλόντας ἀντὶ Κρητῶν γενέσθαι Ἰήπυγας [[ [prev. author] 7.170, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1614, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 204e, “Grg.” 480e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: also present participle μεταβάλλων [[ [prev. author] “Tht.” 166d. ] Refs]
__B middle, turn round, shift a load, μεταβαλλόμενος τἀνάφορον [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 8; προβαλλομένους τὰ ὅπλα ἢ μεταβαλλομένους 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.5.16. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.2 cause to be removed, σῖτον [[ “PHib.” 1.45.6 (3rd c.BC), etc. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__B.2.b order to be paid, remit, [[ POxy. 1153.8 (1st c.AD), 1419.5 (3rd c.AD). ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__B.II change what is one's own, μ. τὰ ἱμάτια change one's clothes, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.6.6; μ. τοὺς τρόπους 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1461 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μετεβάλλετ᾽ ὀπωπάν changed her appearance, [[ Erinna Lyrica in “PSI” 9.1090.53 + 13 (p.xii). ] Refs]
__B.II.2 exchange, τίς μεταβάλοιτ᾽ ἂν ὧδε σιγὰν λόγω; silence for words, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1261 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; [τὴν ἄσαρκον τροφὴν] ὑγείας καὶ ῥώμης μεταβαλέσθαι have given up asceticism in exchange for health and strength, [[ 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 1.2 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; barter, traffic in, οἴνου μεταβαλλόμενος καὶ σίτου πρᾶσιν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 849d; μ. τὰ ἀλλότρια ἔργα [prev. author] “Sph.” 223d; μ. ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.7.6, compare 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 5.13. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.III turn oneself, turn about, ἄνω καὶ κάτω [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 481e, 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.17 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially
__B.III.2 change one's purpose or mind, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.75, “SIG” 22.20 (5th c.BC), NT.Act.28.6, etc.] NT+5th c.BC+]; change sides, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.71, 8.90, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.3.31; πρός τινα 4th c.BC: Axionicus Comicus 6.10. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.III.3 turn or wheel round, μ. ἐπ᾽ ἀσπίδα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.6; τὸ δόρυ εἰς τοὔπισθεν μ. [prev. author] “Eq.” 8.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, turn about, μεταβαλλόμενος τοῖς ἔξω περιεστηκόσι λοιδορήσεται [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.207. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
