Μετῄει
went after, went too late (?)
Translated by Robert Dyer4 Jun 2003Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning he/she/it] is too late or misses a share.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μετῄει· ἀφυστερεῖ ἢ ἀποτυγχάνει κλήρου.
Betacode
*meth/|ei: a)fusterei= h)\ a)potugxa/nei klh/rou.
Notes
- This entry is not found elsewhere in lexicography. The imperfect tense of the headword (from
me/teimi , 'I go after, pursue') is glossed by present tenses and with meanings that do not belong to it. The word probably derives from a copyist's error in transcribing the correct gloss ofmetalagxa/nein at the beginning of Plato's Gorgias,mete/xein ('to participate'). See the fuller notes at mu 699, the entry from which this entry is surely copied.
Linked from3 entries
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- μ780Μετειλήχειhad won by lot a share in[Used] with a genitive. [Meaning he/she/it] shared in.
- μ789Μετῄεσανthey were pursuing, they were going after[Meaning] they were coming after, they were pursuing. "And, as he had performed the noblest deed, he escaped quickly making straight for his lover. The spear-bearers were pursuing him, and he would have escaped if he…
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Revision history2 revisions · last 20 May 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Robert Dyer