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μεταλλάω

metallao

search carefully, inquire diligently

Appears 26 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

μεταλλάω, A. search carefully, inquire diligently, ἐμοὶ οὐ φίλον ἐστὶ μεταλλῆσαι καὶ ἐρέσθαι Od. 14.378; οὐκέτι μέμνηται . . , οὐδὲ μεταλλᾷ 15.23. 2. c. acc. pers., inquire of, question, σε . . οὔτʼ εἴρομαι οὔτε μεταλλῶ Il. 1.553, cf. Od. 3.69, 16.287; but ἀντεφθέγξατο . . μετάλλασέν τέ νιν the voice sought him out, Pi. O. 6.62. 3. c. acc. objecti, inquire about, ask after, μή τι σὺ ταῦτα διείρεο μηδὲ μετάλλα Il. 1.550, cf. 5.516; ἕταροι δὲ κατέκταθεν, οὓς σὺ μεταλλᾷς 13.780, cf. 10.125, Od. 19.190; ἕκαστα μ. 14.128, cf. 16.465: also with Preps., μεταλλῆσαι . . ἀμφὶ πόσει 17.554; ἀμφʼ ἑτάροιο μ. τὰ ἕκαστα A.R. 4.1471; θεῶν πέρι τοῖα μ. APl. 16.183. 4. c. dupl. acc., ask one about a thing, ask him a question, τοῦτο δέ τοι ἐρέω, ὅ μʼ ἀνείρεαι ἠδὲ μεταλλᾷς Il. 3.177; ἔπος ἄλλο μ. καὶ ἐρέσθαι Νέστορα Od. 3.243. (Poet. word, also in late Prose, POxy. 237 vii 40 (ii A.D.), Them. Or. 22.266c: expld. by Gramm. as search after other things (μετὰ ἄλλα), Eust. 148.10, etc., but this is very dub.)
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