μετάθεσις, εως, ἡ,
(μετατίθημι) change of position, transposition, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1024a4; μεταθέσεις ἐξ ἕδρας ἀτόμων 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 61; ἡ τῶν ῥημάτων μ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.84, compare 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.23; τοῦ ἀναβαθμοῦ “PSI” 5.546 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τοῦ ἐμβρύου [[ 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.60 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; couching of a cataract, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 10.990. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 generally, change, θεὸς οὐδεμίαν ἐπιδεχόμενος μ. [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 400b29; μ. ἐκ τῆς οἰκείας φύσεως 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.216 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus; νόμου μ. NT.Heb.7.12 ] NT+5th c.BC+]; especially change of sides or opinions, ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.35.7, compare 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 1.2, etc.] Refs 2nd c.BC+] (hence, amendment, τῶν ἡμαρτημένων [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.11. 5); ἐκ μεταθέσεως [prev. author] 30.20.2 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; going over, πρός τινα [[ [prev. author] 5.86.8. ] Refs]
__3 exchange, barter, [[ [prev. author] 10.1.8 (_plural_). ] Refs]
__4 Grammars, change of a letter, [[ 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 51.5, +others, “Etymologicum Magnum” 795.34 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; also, metathesis, transposition of letters, as κραδίη for καρδία, [[ 1st c.BC: Trypho Grammaticus “Excerpta” 4, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Biographus “Lex.” see at {ἀγλαά}. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]