A.moving over, shifting, e.g. of the body in walking, from one leg to the other, Hp.Mochl.20; change of position, Epicur.Ep.1p.16U.: pl., ib.p.17 U.
2. passing over, ἐς τὸ ἕτερον πλοῖον v.l. in Antipho 5.22; migration, change of residence, “εἰς Κόρινθον ἐξ Ἀθηνῶν” Plu.2.78d; μ. ποιεῖσθαι ἐπί . . BGU137.6 (ii A. D.).
II. change, “τῶν πολιτειῶν γένεσις καὶ μ.” Pl.Lg.676c; “δοκεῖ ἡ μ. ἐντεῦθεν γίγνεσθαι” Id.R.547c; “τῶν νομίμων” Arist.Pol.1303a22 (pl.); “ἡ μ. ἐκ [τῶν φυτῶν] εἰς τὰ ζῷα συνεχής ἐστιν” Id.HA588b11; “μ. ἀπὸ ποιότητος εἰς ποιότητα” Sor.2.15; “αἱ τῆς τραγῳδίας μ.” Arist.Po.1449a37; but ἡ μ. the reversal of fortune in a drama, ib.1455b28.
III. transition from one subject to another, Luc.Hist.Conscr.55; as a figure in Rhet., Quint.9.3.25.