ἀμείβω , fut. ἀμείψω, -ομαι, aor. ἠμείψατο, ἀμείψατο: I. act., change,
exchange;
τινός τι πρός τινα (something with one
for something else), Il. 6.235
; ὀλίγον γόνυ γουνὸς ἀμείβων,
‘only a little changing knee for knee’ (in
retreating slowly step by step), Il.
11.547; part. as subst., ἀμείβοντες, ‘rafters’ of a house,
Il. 23.712.—II. mid.,
change with each other, answer, pass; of responsive
(‘amoebean’) singing, Il.
1.604; ‘alternating’ in the dance, Od. 8.379
; θρώσκων ἀμείβεται, ‘springs
alternately,’ Il. 15.684;
‘passing from house to house,’ Od. 1.375; ‘requiting’
one with gifts, Od. 24.285. In the
sense of answer, very freq. the part. ἀμειβόμενος, ‘in reply,’
ἀμειβόμενος προσέειπεν, ἠμείβετο
μυ?θῳ.