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μεταβολή

μεταβολή, a change, changing

μεταβολ-ή, ἡ,
  • change, changing, μεταβολαὶ ἱστίων Pi. P. 4.292; ἱματίων μεταβολαί X. Lac. 2.1.
      • 2 exchange, barter, ἐπὶ μεταβολῇ with a view to traffic, Th. 6.31: metaph., οὔ τινʼ ἀπαλλαγὴν τῶν κακῶν ἀλλὰ μ. μειζόνων Epicur. Fr. 479.
      • 3 turnover in business, PSI 5.495.20 (iii B. C.).
      • 4 payment by transfer in an account, PLond. 3.1129b7 (ii A. D.).
    • II (from Med.) transition, change, ἀρχὰ κινήσιος καὶ μεταβολᾶς [Philol.] 21, cf. Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.160; μετάστασις καὶ μ. D. 2.13; ἐκ μεταβολῆς Men. 712, Plb. 1.61.7, D.S. 13.24; πάλιν ἐκ μ. Aeschin. 2.9: freq. in pl., changes, vicissitudes, τῶν ὡρέων Hdt. 2.77, cf. Arist. HA 596b23; τῆς τύχης E. Fr. 554; αἱ μ. κάτω τε καὶ ἄνω γιγνόμεναι Pl. Phlb. 43b, cf. Antipho 2.4.9; αἱ πλεῖσται μ. μάλιστα τέρπουσιν Hp. Vict. 1.18; ἦμαρ <ἕν> τοι μ. πολλὰς ἔχει E. Fr. 549; τῆς γῆς ἡ ἀρίστη αἰεὶ τὰς μ. τῶν οἰκητόρων εἶχεν Th. 1.2: c. gen. objecti, change from a thing, μεταβολὰ κακῶν E. HF 735; rarely, change to . ., ἀπραγμοσύνης μ. Th. 6.18: more freq. with Preps., μ. ἐκ φιλοτίμου εἰς φιλοχρήματον Pl. R. 553d; ἐκ προστάτου ἐπὶ τύραννον ib. 565d; ἐκ τοῦ εἶναι ἐπὶ τὸ μὴ εἶναι Id. Prm. 162c; ἡ ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον μ. Diph. 104; ἡ ἐναντία μ. change to the contrary, Th. 2.43; ἅμα τῇ μ. τῇ ἐς Ἕλληνας their going over to the Greeks, Hdt. 1.57; ἡ πρὸς Ῥωμαίους μ. Plb. 9.26.2; μ. μεταβάλλειν Pl. R. 404a, Arist. Po. 1449a14: prov., μ. πάντων γλυκύ E. Or. 234, cf. Arist. Rh. 1371a28, Antiph. 207.5.
      • 2 eclipse, Hdt. 1.74; but μ. ἄστρων καὶ ἡλίου reversal of motion, Pl. Plt. 271c.
      • 3 αἱ μ. τῶν πολιτειῶν changes of government, Arist. Pol. 1292b18; πολιτῶν (v.l. -ειῶν) Th. 6.17.
      • 4 migration, [τὰ ζῷα] ποιούμενα τὰς μ. Arist. HA 597a3: euphemism for death, Philostr. VA 8.31, Corp.Herm. 11.15,12.6.
      • 5 as Military term, wheeling about, being a double κλίσις, ἡ εἰς τοὔπισθεν μ. Plb. 18.30.4.
      • 6 of literary style, variety, Caecil.Calact. ap. Quint. 9.3.38; μ. καὶ ποικίλον D.H. Pomp. 3: pl., Longin. 5, 23.1.
      • 7 in Music, modulation, e.g. of τόνος or γένος, Aristox. Harm. p.38 M., Cleonid. Harm. 13, Bacch. Harm. 50, Aristid. Quint. 1.11, Ptol. Harm. 2.6.

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