μετάληψις

μετάληψις, εως, ἡ, A. participation, Pl. Prm. 131a; λόγων in philosophy, Id. R. 539d; γένεσις μ. οὐσίας Id. Def. 411a; γίνεσθαι κατὰ τὴν μ. [τοῦ εἴδους] Arist. GC 335b14, cf. Metaph. 1072b20, etc.; partaking of food, 1 Ep.Ti. 4.3. 2. concurrence, POxy. 1273.39 (iii A. D.), etc. 3. Gramm., τὸ λέγων μ. ἐνεστῶτος καὶ παρατατικοῦ is shared by . . , A.D. Adv. 124.1. II. alternation, τῶν λόγων Pl. Tht. 173b; αἱ μ. τοῦ σχήματος Plb. 9.20.2; ἐκ μεταλήψεως Id. 2.33.4. 2. succession, μ. τῆς ἀρχῆς Id. 31.13.3. 3. taking one thing instead of another, ἡ ἀντὶ τοῦ μείζονος ἐλάττονος μ. Arist. Rh. 1369b25. 4. Rhet., use of one word for another, as of Ἥφαιστος for πῦρ, Quint. 8.6.37, Trypho Trop. 5, etc.; transference of meaning, Eust. 79.12. 5. objection, counterplea, Sch.Pl. Euthphr. 4d; esp. concurrence coupled with objection, Syrian. in Hermog. 2.153 R., Corn. Rh.p.391 H. 6. συλλογισμοὶ κατὰ μετάληψιν hypothetical syllogisms involving the substitution of a proposition for the original thesis, Arist. APr. 45b17; cf. μεταλαμβάνω VI. 7. Gramm., change of construction, A.D. Synt. 210.3; change in dialect, ib.335.1; change of name, Demetr.Lac. Herc. 1014.60. 8. translation, rendering, Eust. ad D.P. 180; ἡ εἰς τὸ Ἑλληνικὸν μ. Id.ib.294. 9. transference, αἱ ἐς νεφροὺς καὶ κύστιας -λήψιες Aret. SD 1.9. 10. κατὰ μετάληψιν κατατεῖναι, of reflex tension over a pulley (cf. μεταληπτικός II), Heliod. ap. Orib. 48.9.25.