Aristotle › Greek Lexicon › μεταβαίνω

μεταβαίνω

metabaino

pass over

Appears 30 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

Click a work to list every occurrence by Bekker number — each links into the reader.

Dictionary (LSJ)

μεταβαίνω, fut. -βήσομαι h.Ven. 293: aor. μετέβην, imper. μετάβηθι Od. 8.492, μετάβα Alex. 14: pf. -βέβηκα:—Med., aor. 3sg. μετεβήσετο or -σατο A.R. 4.1176:—A. pass over from one place to another, μετὰ δʼ ἄστρα βεβήκει (for μετεβεβήκει) the stars had passed over the meridian, Od. 12.312, 14.483 (but τοῦ ἄστρου μεταβαίνοντος μίαν ἡμέραν διὰ τεσσάρων ἐτῶν OGI 56.42 (Canopus, iii B. C.)); μ. ἐς τὴν Ἀσίην Hdt. 7.73, cf.1.57; μ. ἐξ οἰκίας εἰς οἰκίαν Ev.Luc. 10.7: abs., change oneʼs abode, PTeb. 316.20 (i A.D.): metaph., ᾗ τὸ δίκαιον μεταβαίνει according as right passes over (from one side to the other), A. Ch. 308 (anap.). 2. in writing or speaking, pass from one subject to another, μετάβηθι change thy theme, Od. 8.492; μεταβάντες changing their course, turning round, Hdt. 8.4; μεταβήσομαι ἄλλον ἐς ὕμνον h.Ven.l.c.; ἐπανέλθωμεν ὅθεν δεῦρο μετέβημεν Pl. Cra. 438a; ἀπὸ τοῦ ψέγειν πρὸς τὸ ἐπαινεῖν Id. Phdr. 265c; ἀπʼ ἐμψύχων ἐπʼ ἄψυχα μ. Phld. Rh. 1.172 S.; μεταβαίνων ὁ λόγος advancing step by step, Arist. EN 1097a24. 3. pass from one state to another, change, [αἱ πολιτεῖαι] οὐκ εὐθὺς μ. Id. Pol. 1292b18, etc.: freq. with Preps., μ. ἐκ μείζονος εἰς ἔλαττον Pl. Prm. 165a; of changes of fortune in a drama, μ. εἰς εὐτυχίαν Arist. Po. 1455b27; μ. ἐκ τῆς τιμαρχίας εἰς τὴν ὀλιγαρχίαν Pl. R. 550d; μεταβαίνει τυραννὶς ἐκ δημοκρατίας comes on after . . , ib.569c; μεταβεβήκαμεν ἐκ τοῦ θανάτου εἰς τὴν ζωήν 1 Ep.Jo. 3.14; ἀπὸ τοῦ παιδὸς εἰς τὸν ἄνδρα Luc. Am. 24; μ. εἰς ἀλεκτρυόνα Id. Gall. 4. 4. in the Epicurean logic, make a transition: hence, infer, esp. from analogy or resemblance, λόγος ὁ μεταβαίνων ἀπό τινος ἐπί τι Phld. D. 3.12, cf. Sign. 5, al. 5. c. acc., pass to another place or state, ἄνω μεταβὰς βίοτον E. Hipp. 1292 (anap.); μ. τόπον ἐκ τόπου S.E. M. 10.52. b. go after, follow a pursuit eagerly, Opp. H. 4.418. II. causal in aor. 1 μεταβῆσαι, carry over or away, τινὰ ποτὶ δῶμα Διὸς -βᾶσαι Pi. O. 1.42; change, ἄστρων ὁδούς E. El. 728 (lyr.).

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

Index Aristotelicus. Hermann Bonitz's sense-by-sense analysis of μεταβαίνω — with the passages he singles out as decisive for each meaning — will appear here. That curated, interpretive selection is the layer LSJ and a raw concordance don't provide. Digitisation in progress; this entry is not yet available.
‹ All lexicon entries