I. place among, τῷ κ᾽ οὔ τι τόσον κέλαδον μετέθηκε (v.l. μεθέηκεν) then he would not have caused so much noise among us, Od.18.402.
II. place differently,
1. in local sense, transpose, change the place of, “τὰ αἰδοῖα εἰς τὸ πρόσθεν” Pl.Smp.191b; “εἰς βελτίω τόπον” Id.Lg.903d; “μ. τὰς θύρας” PSI5.546.5 (iii B. C.); μετέθηκεν αὐτὸν (sc. τὸν Ἑνώχ）“ ὁ θεός” LXX Ge.5.24:—Pass., Arist.Int.20b10; to be transferred, OGI338.20 (Pergam., ii B. C.), Act.Ap.7.16, etc.
2. in Logic, μ. τὸ συμπέρασμα alter a conclusion to its contrary, Arist.APr.59b1.
3. change, alter, of a treaty, μεταθεῖναι ὅπῃ ἂν δοκῇ ἀμφοτέροις Foed. ap. Th.5.18; “τὸ νυνδὴ ῥηθέν” Pl.Plt.297e, cf. X.Mem.3.14.6; “μ. τινὰ ἐς πτηνὴν φύσιν” AP11.367 (Jul.); ἐπὶ ὑὸς τὰς ἐπωνυμίας μ. change their names and call them after swine, Hdt.5.68; substitute, “προφάσεις ἀντὶ τῶν ἀληθῶν ψευδεῖς μ.” D.18.225, cf. Pl.Lg.683b (Pass.); correct, “τοὺς ἠγνοηκότας” Plb.1.67.5; but, pervert, “μετ έθηκεν αὐτὸν ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ” LXX 3 Ki.20(21).25.
4. Med., change what is one's own or for oneself, “μ. τὰ εἰρημένα” X.Mem.4.2.18; νόμους ib.4.4.14; “τὴν δόξαν” D.18.229; “τὸν τρόπον” Id.19.341; “τοὔνομα” Arist.Fr.549; ὀνόματα change the use of words, Epicur.Nat.95 G. (also in Act., Nat.28.5); [τὸ νόμισμα] Arist. Pol.1257b11: abs., change one's opinion, retract, Pl.R.345b, etc.; μεταθέσθω let him change his mind, Men.Pk.48; also in political sense, change sides, “μεταθέσθαι πρὸς τὴν Ῥωμαίων αἵρεσιν” Plb.24.9.6; Dionysius of Heraclea, who went over from the Stoics to the Cyrenaics, was called μεταθέμενος, turn-coat, D.L.7.37,166; “μ. ἀπὸ τῶν πατρίων” LXX 2 Ma.7.24; “ἐξ ἀδικίας” Corn.ND11.
b. τὴν γνώμην μετατίθεσθαι change to or adopt a new opinion, Hdt.7.18 (but τῆς γνώμης μ. change from . . , App.BC3.29); μετέθου λύσσαν ἄρτι σωφρονῶν thou hast changed to madness, E.Or.254; μ. τὸ ὄνομα τὸ νῦν ἀπὸ τῶν αἰγῶν adopted their present name, Paus.7.26.3.
c. μ. [τὸν φόβον] transfer one's fear, D.18.177; τῇ μισθαρνίᾳ ταῦτα μετατιθέμενος τὰ ὀνόματα transferring . . , ib.284.
d. c. inf., μ. ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀπλήστως . . ἔχοντος βίου τὸν κοσμίως . . ἔχοντα βίον ἑλέσθαι change one's mind and determine to choose . . , Pl.Grg.493c.
e. c. dupl. acc., τὸ κείνων κακὸν τῷδε κέρδος μ. turning their misdeeds into his gain, S.Ph.515 (lyr.).
5. Pass., to be changed, alter, “μετετέθην εὐβουλίᾳ” E.IA 388 (troch.); μ. ἐς Ῥωμαίους pass over, App.Hisp.17; μ. ἀπὸ τοῦ καλέσαντος ὑμᾶς are turned away from . . , Ep.Gal.1.6.
