A.“βήσομαι” h.Ven.293: aor. μετέβην, imper. “μετάβηθι” Od.8.492, “μετάβα” Alex.14: pf. -βέβηκα:—Med., aor. 3sg. μετεβήσετο or -σατο A.R.4.1176:—pass over from one place to another, μετὰ δ᾽ ἄστρα βεβήκει (for μετεβεβήκει) the stars had passed over the meridian, Od.12.312, 14.483 (but “τοῦ ἄστρου μεταβαίνοντος μίαν ἡμέραν διὰ τεσσάρων ἐτῶν” OGI56.42 (Canopus, iii B. C.)); “μ. ἐς τὴν Ἀσίην” Hdt.7.73, cf.1.57; “μ. ἐξ οἰκίας εἰς οἰκίαν” Ev.Luc.10.7: abs., change one's abode, PTeb.316.20 (i A.D.): metaph., ᾗ τὸ δίκαιον μεταβαίνει according as right passes over (from one side to the other), A. Ch.308 (anap.).
2. in writing or speaking, pass from one subject to another, μετάβηθι change thy theme, Od.8.492; μεταβάντες changing their course, turning round, Hdt.8.4; μεταβήσομαι ἄλλον ἐς ὕμνον h.Ven.l.c.; “ἐπανέλθωμεν ὅθεν δεῦρο μετέβημεν” Pl.Cra.438a; “ἀπὸ τοῦ ψέγειν πρὸς τὸ ἐπαινεῖν” Id.Phdr.265c; “ἀπ᾽ ἐμψύχων ἐπ᾽ ἄψυχα μ.” Phld. Rh.1.172 S.; μεταβαίνων ὁ λόγος advancing step by step, Arist.EN 1097a24.
3. pass from one state to another, change, [“αἱ πολιτεῖαι] οὐκ εὐθὺς μ.” Id.Pol.1292b18, etc.: freq. with Preps., “μ. ἐκ μείζονος εἰς ἔλαττον” Pl.Prm.165a; of changes of fortune in a drama, “μ. εἰς εὐτυχίαν” Arist.Po.1455b27; “μ. ἐκ τῆς τιμαρχίας εἰς τὴν ὀλιγαρχίαν” Pl.R.550d; μεταβαίνει τυραννὶς ἐκ δημοκρατίας comes on after . . , ib.569c; “μεταβεβήκαμεν ἐκ τοῦ θανάτου εἰς τὴν ζωήν” 1 Ep.Jo.3.14; “ἀπὸ τοῦ παιδὸς εἰς τὸν ἄνδρα” Luc.Am.24; “μ. εἰς ἀλεκτρυόνα” Id.Gall.4.
4. in the Epicurean logic, make a transition: hence, infer, esp. from analogy or resemblance, “λόγος ὁ μεταβαίνων ἀπό τινος ἐπί τι” Phld.D.3.12, cf. Sign. 5, al.
5. c. acc., pass to another place or state, “ἄνω μεταβὰς βίοτον” E.Hipp.1292 (anap.); “μ. τόπον ἐκ τόπου” S.E.M.10.52.
b. go after, follow a pursuit eagerly, Opp.H.4.418.
