μετα-πέμπω,
send after or for, Ἀγαμέμνονος πέμψαντος.. μέτα having sent for thee, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 504; παρ᾽ Εὐχαρίδου τρεῖς ἄγλιθας μετέπεμψα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 680 ] Refs 5th c.BC+].
__II mostly in middle, μεταπέμπεσθαί τινα summon, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.41, +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1087, +others, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.15, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of things, send for, σῖτον [[ “OGI” 56.17 (Canopus, 3rd c.BC), etc.: 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+] uses active and middle indifferently, compare [[ 1.112, 4.30, 6.52, with 2.29, 5.82 ] Refs]:—passive, μεταπεμφθῆναι to be sent for, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 28.14, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 319b; ἐξ Ἀθηνῶν μεταπεπέμφθαι 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.28 K. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]