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μετέρχομαι , Aeol. and Dor. πεδέρχομαι , Pi.N.7.74, Theoc.29.25: fut.
A.μετελεύσομαιIl.6.280 (in Att. the impf. and fut. are borrowed from μέτειμι, q. v.):—come or go among, c. dat. pl., Od.1.134, 6.222: freq. abs. in part., μετελθών if he came among them, Il.4.539, etc.; of a leader, στίχας . . Ἄρης ὄτρυνε μετελθών having gone between the ranks, 5.461, cf. 13.351.
II. go to another place, “πόλινδε μετέρχεοIl.6.86; “μ. εἰς τὸ ἱερόνD.Ep.2.20; εἰς θεοὺς μ., i.e. die, OGI56.55 (Canopus, iii B.C.); migrate, change one's abode, Hp.Aër.18, PRev.Laws44.11 (iii B.C.); of a slave, to be transferred, PCair.Zen.355.51 (iii B.C.).
IV. go to seek, go in quest of, c. acc. pers., “Πάριν μετελεύσομαιIl.6.280, cf. Archil.44, etc.: also c. acc. rei, πατρὸς κλέος εὐρὺ μετέρχομαι I go to seek tidings of my father, Od.3.83: generally, seek, E.El.582, etc.; “τὴν ἐλευθερίανTh. 1.124; “ἀσκήσει τὸ ἀνδρεῖον μ.Id.2.39; “τὸ πάγχρυσον δέρας Πελίᾳ μ.E.Med.6; “ἰατρόν τινι μ.Ar.Ec.363.
4. claim at law, προῖκα ὀφείλεσθαι Mitteis Chr.88.20 (ii A.D.); οἱ μετερχόμενοι the claimants, PGnom.35 (ii A.D.).
6. court, woo a woman, Pi.I.7(6).7.
2. of honours, pass, descend, “εἰς τοὺς παῖδάς τινοςIG12(9).906.20 (Chalcis, iii A.D.).
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