μετασχημᾰτ-ίζω,
change the form of a person or thing, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 903e, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione et Corruptione” 335b26; τὸ σῶμα τῆς ταπεινώσεως NT.Phil.3.21 ] NT+5th c.BC+]; of a building, [[ “Sammelb.” 5174.10 (6th c.AD)] Refs 6th c.AD+]:—middle, with Attic dialect future -ιοῦμαι, change one's form, [[ 2nd c.BC: Demetrius Lacon Philosophus “Herc.” 1012.12] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; disguise oneself, [[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 8.11.1 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, to be changed in form, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 906c, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 298b31, “GA” 747a15, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.57 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of grammatical change, [[ 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 68.5, +others ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II μ. τι εἰς ἐμαυτόν transfer as in a figure, [[ NT.1Cor.4.6. ] NT]
__III change the posture of, [[ 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.62 (_passive_), +others ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__IV of stars and planets, in passive, change their configuration, πρὸς ἀλλήλους [[ 4th c.AD: Adamantius Physiognomonicus “Vent.” 47. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]