1.properly, to search after other things (μετὰ ἄλλα, cf. μέταλλον), to search carefully, to inquire diligently, Od.
2.c. acc. pers. to inquire of, question, Hom.
3.c. acc. objecti, to ask about or after, id=Hom.; so, μεταλλῆσαι ἀμφὶ πόσει Od.
4.c. dupl. acc. to ask one about a thing, ask him a thing, id=Od.