μετάστασις

metastasis

removing, removal

Appears 8 times across Aristotle's works.

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Meteorology 3
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Book II 2
Chapter 6 363a21–365a13

364b15

Chapter 8 365b21–369a9

367b12
Book IV 1
Chapter 9 385b6–388a9

386a19
Physics 2
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Book IV 2
Chapter 4 210b32–212a30

212a10

Chapter 8 214b12–216b21

216a30
On the Heavens 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 14 296a24–298a20

297b33
History of Animals 1
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Book VIII 1
Chapter 12 596b19–597b30

597a21
Movement of Animals 1
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Chapter 7 701a7–701b32

701b27

Dictionary (LSJ)

μετάστασις, εως, ἡ, (μεθίστημι) A. removing, removal, πόνων S. Ichn. 217; κακοῦ And. 2.8; μετάστασιν ἴσχειν admit of removal, of disease, Hp. Aph. 5.7. 2. Rhet., removal of the scene to some hypothetical condition, Quint. 3.6.53. b. shifting of blame, Hermog. Stat. 2,6 (sg. and pl.). II. (μεθίσταμαι) removal, migration, of Place, μ. ἐξ οἰκείας εἰς ἀλλοτρίαν Pl. Ti. 82a; εἰς τὴν γείτονα πόλιν Id. Lg. 877a; being something short of banishment, μ. τῶν πολιτῶν Id. Ep. 356e; μεταστάσεις ποιούντων ἐπʼ ἄλλον τόπον Epicur. Ep. 2p.38U.; μ. ἐπὶ τάδε καὶ ἐπʼ ἐκεῖνα τοῦ βουλευτηρίου vote, division in the Senate, D.C. 41.2; ἡλίου μ. its fabled change of course, E. IT 816. b. departure from life, τοῦ βίου μεταστάσεις Id. Fr. 554; ἡ ἐκ τοῦ βίου μ. Plb. 30.2.5; μ. alone, death, Simon. 32, J. AJ 17.4.1. c. on the Stage, exit of the chorus, Poll. 4.108. d. Medic., transference of the seat of disease, Hp. Aff. 12, Gal. 17(2).790, Aret. SA 1.7; but, dislocation, Gal. 8.246. 2. change, μορφῆς, γνώμης, E. Hec. 1266, Andr. 1003; μετάστασιν διδόναι (sc. θυμῷ) to allow a change to oneʼs wrath, i. e. suffer it to cease, S. Ant. 718; τοῦ φρονεῖν μ. Alex. 292. 3. change of political constitution, πολιτείας μ. Pl. Lg. 856c; πρώτη μ. τῶν ἐξ ἀρχῆς Arist. Ath. 41.2; at Athens, the Revolution of 404 B.C., Lys. 30.10. b. counter-revolution, ἐκ στάσεως μ. Th. 4.74.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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