meqivdrusi"
meqivdrusi" , hJ , migration, Strab. From meqidruvw
meqidruvw
meq-idruvw , f. uvsw , to place differently, transpose, Plat.:—Pass. to keep moving, Plut.
meqivhmi
meq-ivhmi , 2 and 3 pers. meqiei`", meqiei` (as if from meqievw ), Ion. metiei` or metivei ; 3 pl. meqia`si , Ion. metiei`si : imperat. meqivei : Ep. 3 sing. subj. meqivh/si : inf. meqievnai , Ep. -ievmenai, -ievmen :—impf. 3 sing. meqivei , 3 pl. mevqien (for meqivesan ):—f. meqhvsw , Ep. inf. meqhsevmenai, -evmen :—aor. I meqh`ka , Ep. meqevhka , other moods being supplied by aor 2, imper. mevqe" ; subj. meqw` , Ep. meqeivw ; opt. meqeivhn ; inf. meqei`nai , Ep. meqevmen , part. meqeiv" :—Med., f. meqhvsomai , Ion. methvsomai (in pass. sense): 3 sing. aor. 2 meqei`to , 2 pl. mevqesqe ; 2 dual and pl. subj. meqh`sqon, meqh`sqe ; inf. meqevsqai :—Pass., 3 sing. Ion. impf. metiveto : 3 pl. pf. meqei`ntai , Ion. imper. meteivsqw ; Ion. part. memetimevno" : Ion. aor. I meteivqhn . [Generally, iØ Ep., i; Att.]
I.
trans.
to let go, let loose, release
a prisoner, Il., etc.:
to let
a visitor
depart,
Od.:
to dismiss
a wife, Hdt. :—c. inf.
to let one free
to do as he will,
allow
one to do, Id.; so,
ejleuvqeron m. tinav
Eur.:—Pass.
to be let go, dismissed,
Hdt.
b.
to give up, abandon,
Il.:—metaph.,
ei[ me meqeivh rJi`go"
if the cold
would but leave
me, Od.
2.
c. acc. rei,
to let
a thing
go, let it fall, throw,
ti ej" potamovn
Ib., etc.:—also,
m. covlon
to let go, give up
ones wrath, Hom.; so,
jAcilh`i meqevmen covlon
to put away
anger in favour of Achilles, Il.; so,
m. kardiva" covlon
to put away
anger
from
ones heart, Eur.;
m. yuchvn
to give up
the ghost, Id.:—of liquids,
to let flow, let drop,
Hdt., Att.:—so,
glw`ssan Persivda m
.
to let drop,
i.e.
utter,
Persian words, Hdt.:—
m. blastovn
to let
it
shoot forth,
Id.:—
m. bevlo"
to let
it
fly, discharge
it, Soph.;
m. xivfo" ej" gunai`ka
to plunge
it into her, Eur.;
nai>; meqei`nai
(sc.
iJstiva
)
to give
the ship her way, Soph.
b.
to relieve,
kh`r a[ceo"
the heart
from
grief, Il.
c.
to give up, resign, throw aside,
Ib., Att.
d.
to forgive
one a fault,
remit
a debt, Hdt.;
tovnde kivndunon meqeiv"
excusing
thee this peril, Eur.
II.
intr.
to relax
ones energies (where
eJautovn
may be supplied),
to be slack, remiss, lukewarm, dally,
Hom.: c. inf.
to neglect
to do, Il., Hdt., Att.
b.
to let, permit,
meqei`sav moi levgein
having left it
for me to speak,
having allowed
me, Soph.
2.
c. gen. rei,
to relax
or
cease from,
polevmoio, mavch"
Il., etc.;
mevqien covloio Thlemavcw/
[the suitors]
ceased from
wrath in deference to Telemachus, Od. b. c. gen. pers.
to abandon, neglect,
Il.
3.
c. part.,
klauvsa" meqevhke
having wept
he left off,
Ib.
III.
the Med. agrees in construction with the intr. Act.,
to free oneself from, let go ones hold of,
c. gen.,
paido;" ouj meqhvsomai
Eur., etc.;—the act. would be
pai`da ouj meqhvsw
.
meqivsthmi
A. Causal, in pres. and impf., fut. and aor. I , to place in another way, to change, metasthvsw toi tau`ta I will give thee another present instead of this, Od.; m. ta; novmima pavnta Hdt.; o[noma etc., Eur.
2.
c. gen. partit.,
ouj meqivsthsi tou` crwvmato"
he changes nothing of
his colour, Ar.
II.
of persons,
to set free,
novsou
from
disease, Soph.;
kakw`n, u{pnou
Eur.
2.
to remove,
Id., Thuc.:—so in aor.
I
med.,
metasthvsasqai
to remove from oneself
or
from ones presence,
Hdt., Thuc., etc.
B.
Pass., aor.
I
metestavqhn »a±1/4
, with aor. 2, pf., and plqpf. act.:
I.
to stand among
or
in the midst of,
eJtavroisi meqivstato
Il.
2.
to change ones position, remove, depart,
Hdt., Att.;
m. turavnnoi" ejkpovdwn
to make way
for them,