μετά-ληψις, εως, ἡ,
participation, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 131a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λόγων in philosophy, [[ [prev. author] “R.” 539d; γένεσις μ. οὐσίας [prev. author] “Def.” 411a ] Refs]; γίνεσθαι κατὰ τὴν μ. [τοῦ εἴδους] [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione et Corruptione” 335b14, compare “Metaphorical” 1072b20, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; partaking of food, [[ NT.1Tim.4.3. ] NT]
__2 concurrence, [[ POxy. 1273.39 (3rd c.AD), etc. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__3 Grammars, τὸ λέγων μ. ἐνεστῶτος καὶ παρατατικοῦ is shared by.., [[ 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Adverbiis;” 124.1. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II alternation, τῶν λόγων [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 173b; αἱ μ. τοῦ σχήματος 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 9.20.2; ἐκ μεταλήψεως [prev. author] 2.33.4. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 succession, μ. τῆς ἀρχῆς [[ [prev. author] 31.13.3. ] Refs]
__II.3 taking one thing instead of another, ἡ ἀντὶ τοῦ μείζονος ἐλάττονος μ. [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1369b25. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.4 Rhet., use of one word for another, as of Ἥφαιστος for πῦρ, [[ 1st c.AD: Quintilianus Rhetor Latinus 8.6.37, 1st c.BC: Trypho Grammaticus “περὶ τρόπων” 5, etc.] Refs 1st c.BC+]; transference of meaning, [[ 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 79.12. ] Refs]