μετέχω
metecho
partake of, share in
Appears 326 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Politics 137 ▸
Open Politics › Book I 4 ▸
Chapter 13 1259b18–1260b24
Book II 15 ▸
Chapter 2 1261a10–1261b15
Chapter 6 1264b26–1266a30
Chapter 8 1267b22–1269a28
Chapter 9 1269a29–1271b19
Chapter 10 1271b20–1272b23
Chapter 11 1272b24–1273b26
Book III 26 ▸
Chapter 1 1274b32–1275b21
Chapter 4 1276b16–1277b32
Chapter 7 1279a22–1279b10
Chapter 11 1281a39–1282b13
Chapter 13 1283a23–1284b34
Book IV 31 ▸
Chapter 3 1289b27–1290a29
Chapter 4 1290a30–1292a38
Chapter 5 1292a39–1292b21
Chapter 6 1292b22–1293a34
Chapter 8 1293b22–1294a29
Chapter 9 1294a30–1294b41
Chapter 11 1295a25–1296b12
Chapter 13 1297a14–1297b34
Chapter 14 1297b35–1299a2
Book V 24 ▸
Chapter 1 1301a19–1302a15
Chapter 6 1305a37–1306b21
Chapter 7 1306b22–1307b25
Chapter 8 1307b26–1309a32
Chapter 9 1309a33–1310a38
Chapter 10 1310a39–1313a14
Chapter 12 1315b11–1316b27
Book VI 8 ▸
Chapter 2 1317a40–1318a10
Chapter 5 1319b30–1320b17
Book VII 20 ▸
Chapter 3 1325a16–1325b32
Chapter 4 1325b33–1326b25
Chapter 6 1327a11–1327b19
Chapter 7 1327b20–1328a20
Chapter 8 1328a21–1328b23
Chapter 9 1328b24–1329a39
Chapter 10 1329a40–1330a33
Chapter 11 1330a34–1331a18
Chapter 13 1331b24–1332b11
Chapter 14 1332b12–1334a10
Chapter 15 1334a11–1334b28
Book VIII 9 ▸
Chapter 2 1337a33–1337b23
Chapter 5 1339a11–1340b19
Chapter 6 1340b20–1341b14
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Topics 51 ▸
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Metaphysics 35 ▸
Open Metaphysics › Book Α 12 ▸
Book Ε 1 ▸
Book Ζ 4 ▸
Chapter 12 1037b8–1038a35
Book Η 1 ▸
Book Κ 3 ▸
Chapter 3 1060b31–1061b16
Book Λ 2 ▸
Chapter 10 1075a11–1076a4
Book Μ 8 ▸
Chapter 5 1079b12–1080a11
Chapter 7 1080b37–1082b37
Book Ν 4 ▸
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Eudemian Ethics 20 ▸
Open Eudemian Ethics › Book I 11 ▸
Chapter 3 1214b28–1215a19
Chapter 5 1215b15–1216b25
Book II 4 ▸
Chapter 1 1218b31–1220a37
Chapter 8 1223b37–1225a33
Book III 1 ▸
Chapter 5 1232a19–1233a30
Book VII 4 ▸
Chapter 2 1235b13–1238b14
Chapter 10 1242a1–1243b38
Chapter 12 1244b1–1246a25
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Parts of Animals 14 ▸
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Generation of Animals 13 ▸
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Rhetoric 11 ▸
Open Rhetoric › Book I 5 ▸
Chapter 15 1375a22–1378a15
Book II 5 ▸
Chapter 4 1380b35–1382a19
Chapter 6 1383b11–1385a15
Chapter 23 1397a7–1400b33
Book III 1 ▸
Chapter 7 1408a10–1408b20
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De Anima 10 ▸
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Nicomachean Ethics 7 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics › Book I 3 ▸
Chapter 13 1102a5–1103a10
Book VI 1 ▸
Chapter 8 1141b23–1142a30
Book VII 1 ▸
Book IX 1 ▸
Book X 1 ▸
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History of Animals 5 ▸
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Sense and Sensibilia 4 ▸
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Meteorology 3 ▸
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On the Heavens 2 ▸
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On Colours 2 ▸
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On Sleep 2 ▸
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De Virtutibus et Vitiis 2 ▸
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De Audibilibus 1 ▸
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On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 1 ▸
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On Length and Shortness of Life 1 ▸
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On Memory 1 ▸
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De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1 ▸
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Oeconomica 1 ▸
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Physics 1 ▸
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Sophistical Refutations 1 ▸
Dictionary (LSJ)
μετέχω, Aeol. πεδέχω Alc. 59, Sapph. 68.2; inf. πεδέχην Ead. Supp. 5.22: fut. μεθέξω Th. 8.86, later μεθέξομαι (3sg. misspelt μεθέξετε) IG 3.1427: pf. μετέσχηκα Hdt. 3.80:—A. partake of, share in:— Constr.: 1. mostly c. gen. rei only, κακοτάτων, βρόδων, Alc.l.c., Sapph. 68.2; ἀγαθῶν, κακῶν, βίου, Thgn. 82, 354, cf.A. Pr. 333; τῆς τοῦ Μάγου ὕβριος Hdt. l.c.; μ. τοῦ λόγου to be in the secret, Id. 1.127; τοῦ ἔργου And. 1.62: c. gen. pers., μ. τῶν πεντακισχιλίων to be members of the 5,000, Th. l.c.; μ. τῆς πόλεως, τῆς πολιτείας, Lys. 6.48, 30.15; ἐκκλησίας Arist. Pol. 1282a29; also ἐκ τοῦ ἑνὸς ἄρτου μ. 1 Ep.Cor. 10.17: with dat. pers. added, μ. τινός τινι partake of something in common with another, οὔ οἱ μ. θράσεος Pi. P. 2.83; πόνων μ. Ἡρακλέει E. Heracl. 8; τῶν αὐτῶν ἔργων Ἐρατοσθένει μ. Lys. 12.58; μ. ἱερῶν καὶ θυσιῶν τισι X. HG 2.4.20; μ. τῶν ἴσων τισί Id. Cyr. 2.1.15, cf. Pl. Lg. 805d; κινδύνων Plb. 3.16.3; also ξὺν σοὶ μετεῖχον τῶν ἴσων S. El. 1168. 2. freq. the part or share is added, τοῦ πεδίου οὐκ ἐλαχίστην μοῖραν μ. Hdt. 1.204; μ. τάφου μέρος A. Ag. 507, cf.Ar. Pl. 226, Lys. 31.5; πλεῖστόν σου μέρος μεθέξομεν X. Cyr. 7.5.54. 3. c. acc. rei, μ. τὸ ἴσον (sc. μέρος) τῶν ἀγαθῶν τινι ib.7.2.28, cf. E. Fr. 787; μ. τὰς ἴσας πληγὰς ἐμοί Ar. Pl. 1144; μ. τινὶ τὴν μερίδα PPetr. 3p.67 (iii B.C.). 4. rarely c. acc. only, ἀκερδῆ χάριν μ. S. OC 1484 (lyr.). 5. c. dat. rei only in a corrupt passage, τῇ . . κατὰ τὴν χώραν . . οἰκήσει μετεῖχον Th. 2.16. 6. μ. περὶ ἔργων καὶ τεχνῶν have some knowledge respecting . . , Arist. Pol. 1282a11. 7. abs., to be a partner, PRev.Laws 14.11 (iii B.C.); οἱ μετέχοντες the partners, accomplices, Hdt. 8.132. II. in Platonic Philos., participate in a universal, Arist. Metaph. 990b31, 1037b19; τὰ μετέχοντα, opp. αἱ ἰδέαι, ib.991a3:—Pass., μετέχονται (sc. αἱ ἰδέαι) are participated in, ib.990b30, cf. S.E. M. 4.16, Procl. in Prm.p.650 S., etc. III. in Aristotelian Logic, share in, viz. admit the definition of, τὰ μὲν εἴδη μετέχει τῶν γενῶν, τὰ δὲ γένη τῶν εἰδῶν οὔ Arist. Top. 121a12, cf. 123a8, 143b14.
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