μεταλλάσσω,
Attic dialect μεταλλάττω, perfect μετήλλᾰχα and irregular μετήλλᾰγα (see. below):—passive, irregular aorist 2 infinitive μεταλλάγειν [[ “Supp.epigram” 3.674 A 24 (Rhodes, 2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—change, alter, θέσμια [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.59; τὰν ἀνθρώπου ζόαν ἆται.. μεταλλάσσουσι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 592.6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πότμος.. μ. φύσιν[[ [prev. work] 871.2; μεταβολὴν βίου μ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 775c; οὐ γὰρ τὸν τρόπον, ἀλλὰ τὸν τόπον μετήλλαξεν 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.78; μετήλλαξαν τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἐν τῷ ψεύδει NT.Rom.1.25; πόνου μεταλλαχθέντος οἱ πόνοι γλυκεῖς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 374 ] NT+5th c.BC+]; τὰς τύχας ἑκατέρων μετήλλαξαν interchanged them, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.59. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II exchange,
__II.1 take in exchange, adopt, assume, ὀρνίθων μεταλλάξας φύσιν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 117 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. τόπον go into a new country, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 760c; μ. χώραν ἑτέραν ἐξ ἑτέρας [prev. author] “Prm.” 138c; ἑτέραν μ. τινὰ χώραν 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 86 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. διάφορα βρώματα to have varieties of food, [[ 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 246 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:— middle, μεταλλάσσεσθαι χιτῶνα [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “Fragmenta” 21; τὴν τύχην 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.92. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 exchange by leaving, quit, μ. τὸν βίον [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.17, 9.15, “OGI” 56.55 (Canopus, 3rd c.BC), “UPZ” 19.14, +others (2nd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ζῆν μ. νόσῳ [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “Academicorum Index” p.96 M.: μ. alone, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 367c, 1st-2nd c.AD: Sotion Paradoxographus p.185 W., “Abh.Berl.Akad.” 1925(5).28 (Cyrene, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ μετηλλαχότες the dead, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 369b, compare “Supp.epigram” 3.367.39 (_Boeotian dialect_, 2nd c.BC), “BGU” 1148.8 (1st c.BC), etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Doric dialect μεταλλαχώς [[ “Test.Epict.” 1.10 ] Refs]; μεταλλαγότων (sic) [[ “IG” 5(1).1433.37; also οἱ μεταλλάξαντες [prev. work]22.1323.10; ἐξ ἀνθρώπων 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 18.56 (edict of Polyperchon, 4th c.BC). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]