μετά-ληψις, εως, ἡ,
I
1. 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, [1Ti 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
1. 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 11), Heliod. ap. Orib. 48.9.25.
G3336 — μετάληψις
(L T Tr WH μετάλημψις (see Mu)), μεταληψεως, ἡ (μεταλαμβάνω), a taking, participation, (Plato, Plutarch, others): of the use of food, εἰς μετάληψιν, to be taken or received, [1Ti 4:3].
* μετά - λημψις
( Rec. - ληψις ), - εως , ἡ
( < μεταλαμβάνω ),
participation, taking, receiving: of food, [1Ti 4:3]. †
μετά - λημψις , see μεάλημψις .