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μεθίημι , μεθιεῖς (
A.v.l. μεθίης, μεθιεῖ, Il.6.523, 10.121, Od.4.372; Ion. “μετίειHdt.2.70; 3pl. “μεθιᾶσιPl.Ti.81d; Ion. “μετιεῖσιHdt.1.133; imper. “μεθίειPl.La.187b; Ep. subj. 3sg. “μεθίῃσιIl.13.234; inf. μεθιέναι, Ep. -ιέμεναι, -ιέμεν, ib.114,4.351: impf. 3sg. “μεθίει15.716, 16. 762, 21.72, 3pl. “μέθιενOd.21.377; Ep.“μεθίεσκενA.R.4.799: fut. “μεθήσωOd.15.212; Ep. inf. μεθησέμεναι, -έμεν, 16.377, Il.20.361: aor. 1 μεθῆκα, Ep. “μεθέηκα23.434 (also “ἐμέθηκαPhot.); part. “μεθήσαςColuth.127: other moods from aor. 2, imper. “μέθεςS.El.448, Ar.Ec. 958 (lyr.), etc.; subj. μεθῶ, Ep. “μεθείωIl.3.414; opt. “μεθείηνS.Ph. 1302; inf. μεθεῖναι, Ep. “μεθέμενIl.1.283; part. “μεθείςA.Pers.699 (troch.), etc.:—Med., first in Hdt., not in Att. Prose, fut. “μεθήσομαιE.Hipp.326, Ar.V.416 (μετήσομαι in pass. sense, Hdt.5.35): aor. 2 “μεθεῖτοS.Tr.197, “μέθεσθεId.OC1437; subj. dual and pl. μεθῆσθον, μεθῆσθε, Ar.Ra.1380, V.434; inf. “μεθέσθαιS.El.1277:—Pass., Ion. impf. “ἐμετίετοHdt.1.12: pf. 3sg. “μεθεῖταιA.Th.79 (lyr.); pl. “μεθεῖνταιPl.Phlb.62d; Ion. part. “μεμετιμένοςHdt.6.1, etc.: Ion. aor. 1 “μετείθηId.1.114. [Generally ι^ in Hom. and Ep., ι_ in Att.: but ι_ in “μεθιέμενIl.14.364, “μεθίετε4.234, al., “μεθιέμεναι13.114: in μεθίει, 15.716, 16.762, 21.72, ι_ may be long by augment, but ι^ in “μεθίενOd.21.377.]
I. trans., set loose, let go what is bound, stretched, or held back: hence
1. c. acc. pers., release a prisoner, Il.10.449, Hdt. 1.24, etc.; “μ. χεροῖνS.OC838; let a visitor depart, Od.15.212, cf. Pl.La.187b; dismiss a wife, Hdt.9.111: c. inf., set one free to do as he will, “ἐμὲ μέθες ἰέναι ἐπὶ τὴν θήρηνId.1.37, cf. 40; also “ἐλεύθερον μ. τινάE.Hec.551:—Pass., to be let go, dismissed, Hdt.1.12, 114, al.; but μεθεῖται στρατός is let loose (as if from a leash), A.Th.79 (lyr.).
c. metaph., εἴ με μεθήῃ ῥῖγος granting the cold will quit hold of me, Od.5.471.
2. c. acc. rei, let go, let fall, throw, τι ἐς ποταμόν ib.460, Hdt.2.70; μ. δεξιάν (v.l. δεξιᾶς) E.Hipp.333; “μ. με χεῖραS.Ph.1301; ταῦτα μὲν μέθες (sc. τὰ λουτρά) lay down, Id.El.448, cf. 1205; μ. ψυχήν give up the ghost, E.Med.1218; of liquids, let flow, let drop, “πολλὰ τῶν δακρύωνHdt.9.16; “ἰὸν ἀντιπενθῆ μεθεῖσα καρδίαςA.Eu.783 (lyr.): c. acc. et inf., μ. τὰς συμπάσας [ἐπιστήμας] ῥεῖν εἰς . . Pl.Phlb.62d; of words, utter, “γλῶσσαν Περσίδα μ.Hdt.6.29; λόγους, βρόμον μ., E. Hipp.499, 1202; μ. βλαστόν let it shoot forth, Hdt.6.37; of weapons, let fly, discharge, “μετὰ δ᾽ ἰὸν ἕηκεIl.1.48; “μ. βέλοςS.Ph.1300, cf. X. Cyr.4.3.9; ἐκ χερὸς λίθον, ἀπὸ γλώσσης λόγον, Men.1092; of plants, put forth, “καρπούςPorph.Abst.2.13; μ. ξίφος ἐς γυναῖκα plunge it into her, E.Or.1133; but μ. οἱ τὰς αἰχμάς laid them aside as he ordered, Hdt.3.128, cf. 4.3, 9.62: elliptically, μεθῆκε (sc. τὰς ἡνίας) E.Fr.779.7; ναῒ μεθεῖναι give the ship her way, S.Aj.250 (lyr.).
b. relieve, “κῆρ ἄχεοςIl.17.539.
c. c. dat. pers. et acc., give up to, surrender, “Ἕκτορι νίκην14.364; “στέμματ᾽ ἀνέμοιςE.Ba.350.
II. intr., relax one's energies:
1. abs., to be slack, remiss, dally, Od.4.372, etc.; esp. in battle, Il.13.229, 20.361, etc.
b. permit, μεθεῖσά μοι λέγειν having left it for me to speak, having allowed me, S.El.628:—Pass., “δύο πηγαὶ μεθεῖνται ῥεῖνPl.Lg.636d.
3. c. gen. rei, relax, cease from, “μεθιέντα . . στυγεροῦ πολέμοιοIl.6.330; “ἀλκῆς4.234; “βίηςOd.21.126; μεθιεὶς πολέμου (prob. for πόλεμον) Tyrt.12.44; “μ. τῆς χρησμοσύνηςHdt.9.33; μέθιεν . . χόλοιο Τηλεμάχῳ [the suitors] ceased from wrath in deference to Telemachus, Od.21.377.
b. c. gen. pers., abandon, neglect, Il.11.841.
4. c. part., κλαύσας καὶ ὀδυράμενος μεθέηκε after weeping and lamenting he leaves off, 24.48.
III. Med., free oneself from, let go one's hold of, c. gen., “παιδὸς οὐ μεθήσομαιE.Hec.400, cf. Ar.Pl.42, 75, etc.; “σῶν γονάτωνE.Hipp.326; “τοῦ θρόνουAr.Ra.830, etc.; “σπουδασμάτωνMetrod.Herc.831.15: in this sense the acc. is rarely used and perh. corrupt, ἐκεῖνο (fort. ἐκείνου) E.Ph.519; τόνδε (fort. τοῦδε) Ar.V.416; in S.El.1277 (lyr.) the constr. is μή μ᾽ ἀποστερήσῃς τῶν σῶν προσώπων ἁδονάν, [ὥστε] μεθέσθαι [αὐτῆς], and in E.Med.736 ἄγουσιν οὐ μεθεῖ᾽ ἂν ἐκ γαίας ἐμέ, the acc. is governed by ἄγουσιν.
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