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μετέχω

μετέχω, μετέχω, partake of, have a share of or in (+ gen.)

μετέχω, Aeol. πεδέχω Alc. 59, Sapph. 68.2; inf. πεδέχην Ead. Supp. 5.22: fut. μεθέξω Th. 8.86, later μεθέξομαι (3 sg. misspelt μεθέξετε) IG 3.1427: pf. μετέσχηκα Hdt. 3.80:—
  • partake of, share in:— Constr.:
      • 1 mostly c. gen. rei only, κακοτάτων, βρόδων, Alc. l.c., Sapph. 68.2; ἀγαθῶν, κακῶν, βίου, Thgn. 82, 354, cf. A. Pr. 333; τῆς τοῦ Μάγου ὕβριος Hdt. l.c.; μ. τοῦ λόγου to be in the secret, Id. 1.127; τοῦ ἔργου And. 1.62: c. gen. pers., μ. τῶν πεντακισχιλίων to be members of the 5,000, Th. l.c.; μ. τῆς πόλεως, τῆς πολιτείας, Lys. 6.48, 30.15; ἐκκλησίας Arist. Pol. 1282a29; also ἐκ τοῦ ἑνὸς ἄρτου μ. 1 Ep.Cor. 10.17: with dat. pers. added, μ. τινός τινι partake of something in common with another, οὔ οἱ μ. θράσεος Pi. P. 2.83; πόνων μ. Ἡρακλέει E. Heracl. 8; τῶν αὐτῶν ἔργων Ἐρατοσθένει μ. Lys. 12.58; μ. ἱερῶν καὶ θυσιῶν τισι X. HG 2.4.20; μ. τῶν ἴσων τισί Id. Cyr. 2.1.15, cf. Pl. Lg. 805d; κινδύνων Plb. 3.16.3; also ξὺν σοὶ μετεῖχον τῶν ἴσων S. El. 1168.
      • 2 freq. the part or share is added, τοῦ πεδίου οὐκ ἐλαχίστην μοῖραν μ. Hdt. 1.204; μ. τάφου μέρος A. Ag. 507, cf. Ar. Pl. 226, Lys. 31.5; πλεῖστόν σου μέρος μεθέξομεν X. Cyr. 7.5.54.
      • 3 c. acc. rei, μ. τὸ ἴσον (sc. μέρος) τῶν ἀγαθῶν τινι ib. 7.2.28, cf. E. Fr. 787; μ. τὰς ἴσας πληγὰς ἐμοί Ar. Pl. 1144; μ. τινὶ τὴν μερίδα PPetr. 3 p.67 (iii B.C.).
      • 4 rarely c. acc. only, ἀκερδῆ χάριν μ. S. OC 1484 (lyr.).
      • 5 c. dat. rei only in a corrupt passage, τῇ . . κατὰ τὴν χώραν . . οἰκήσει μετεῖχον Th. 2.16.
      • 6 μ. περὶ ἔργων καὶ τεχνῶν have some knowledge respecting . ., Arist. Pol. 1282a11.
      • 7 abs., to be a partner, PRev.Laws 14.11 (iii B.C.); οἱ μετέχοντες the partners, accomplices, Hdt. 8.132.
    • II in Platonic Philos., participate in a universal, Arist. Metaph. 990b31, 1037b19; τὰ μετέχοντα, opp. αἱ ἰδέαι, ib. 991a3:—Pass., μετέχονται (sc. αἱ ἰδέαι) are participated in, ib. 990b30, cf. S.E. M. 4.16, Procl. in Prm. p.650 S., etc.
    • III in Aristotelian Logic, share in, viz. admit the definition of, τὰ μὲν εἴδη μετέχει τῶν γενῶν, τὰ δὲ γένη τῶν εἰδῶν οὔ Arist. Top. 121a12, cf. 123a8, 143b14.

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