Μετεβάλετο

went over, changed, shifted

Translated by David Whitehead27 Sep 2001Vetting: high4 revisions

1 note · 20 words

[Meaning he/she/it] deserted. "But as soon as it came in sight [sc. of Antiochos], it went over to the enemy".¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μετεβάλετο· ηὐτομόλησεν. ὁ δὲ ἅμα τῷ εἰς ὄψιν ἐλθεῖν μετεβάλετο πρὸς τοὺς πολεμίους.

Betacode

*meteba/leto: hu)tomo/lhsen. o( de\ a(/ma tw=| ei)s o)/yin e)lqei=n meteba/leto pro\s tou\s polemi/ous.

Notes (1)

The headword is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
1Polybius 5.54.1 (here abridged), on part of the army of the Seleucid satrap Molon; date, 220 BCE. ↩

Linked from1 entry

μ679Μεταβαλώνhaving changed, having turned about[Meaning he] having turned around.

Neighbouring entries

μ751Μέταιτοςmendicant μ752Μεταίχμιονno man's land μ753Μετεβάλετοwent over, changed, shifted μ754Μετέθετοwent over μ755ΜετεκίαθονI chased after, they chased after

Revision history4 revisions · last 19 May 2013

19 May 2013Revised — David Whitehead
4 Jan 2005Revised — David Whitehead
4 Jan 2005cosmetics — David Whitehead
15 Sep 2003cosmetics, set status — William Hutton
27 Sep 2001Translated — David Whitehead