2. generally, to explore, Anth.
metallhvgw , Ep. for metalhvgw .
metallikov" , hv, ovn , of or for mines, Dem. From mevtallon
mevtallon
mevtallon , tov , a mine or quarry, aJlo;" mevtallon a salt- pit, salt- mine, Hdt.; cruvsea kai; ajrguvrea mevtalla
gold and silver mines, Id.; mevtalla (alone) silver mines, Xen.; marmavrou m . marble quarries, Strab.
II. the sense of metal, Lat. metallum , does not occur in classical Greek. (Prob., like metallavw , from metÆ a[lla , a search for other things.)
metavlmeno"
metavlmeno" , Ep. aor. 2 part. of meqavllomai .
metamaivomai
meta-maivomai , Dep. to search after, chase, Pind.
metamanqavnw
meta-manqavnw
, f.
-ma±qhvsomai
,
to learn differently,
met. glw`ssan
to unlearn one
language
and learn
another
instead,
Hdt.;
m. u{mnon
to learn a new
strain, Aesch.
2.
to learn to forget, unlearn,
Lat.
dediscere
,
Aeschin.
3.
absol.
to learn better,
Ar.
met-a±meivbw , Dor. ped- , f. yw , to exchange, ejslo;n phvmato" good for ill, Pind.
2.
to change to another form,
ejk boo;" metamei`be gunai`ka
Mosch.
3.
ga`n tevknoi" m
.
to hand down
land to children, Eur.
II.
Med.
to change ones condition, to escape,
Pind.;
metameibovmenoi
in turns.
Id.
2.
c. acc.,
m. tiv tini
to change
one thing
for
another, Eur.
metamevlei
meta-mevlei
, impf.
met-evmele
: f.
-melhvsei
: aor.
I
metemevlhse
: (
mevlw
):
I.
impers.
it repents
me,
rues
me, Lat.
poenitet me
:
—Construction:
1.
c. dat. pers. et gen. rei,
metamevlei soi th`" dwrea`"
Xen.
2.
oftener, the thing one repents of is in part. agreeing with the dat.,
metamevlei moi ou{tw" ajpologhsamevnw/
I repent of
having so defended myself, Plat.
3. absol., m. moi it repents me, Ar.; xunevbh uJmi`n peisqh`nai me;n ajkeraivoi" metamevlein de; kakoumevnoi" to adopt a measure when your forces are unbroken, and to repent when in distress, Thuc.
4.
part. neut.
metamevlon
absol.,
since it repented
him, Plat.
II.
seldom with a nom.,
to cause repentance
or
sorrow,
tw`/ jArivstwni metevmele to; eijrhmevnon
(for
tou` eijrhmevnou
) Hdt.,;
oi\maiv soi tau`ta metamelhvsei
(for
touvtwn
) Ar. Hence
metamevleia
metamevleia
metamevleia , hJ , change of purpose, regret, repentance, Thuc.; m. e[cei me = metamevlei moi , Xen.