ἀμείβω From Root ΜΕΙΒ, or ΜΕΥ, with α prefixed, cf. ἀμεύομαι Lat. MOV-eo.
A.Act. to change, exchange, ἔντε᾽ ἄμειβεν Il.; ἀμ. τί τινος, as γόνυ γουνὸς ἀμείβων changing one knee for the other, i. e. walking slowly, Il.:—and so, either
2.to take in exchange, πόσιν ἀντὶ σᾶς ἀμεῖψαι ψυχᾶς to redeem him at the price of thine own life, Eur.
3.of place, to change it, and so to pass, cross, Aesch., Eur.: —then, either to pass out of a place, leave it, or to pass into, enter it, Hdt., attic
4.simply, to change, alter, χρῶτα one's colour, Aesch.
II.intr. in part., ἀμείβοντες, οἱ, interchangers, i. e. the rafters that meet and cross each other, Il.; ἐν ἀμείβοντι ῀ ἀμοιβαδίς, Pind.
B.Mid. to change one with another, ἀμειβόμενοι by turns, alternately, Hom.: to come in turn, Eur.
2.often of dialogue, to answer one another, Od.; often in part. ἀμειβόμενος, answering, in answer, Hom.; c. acc., ἀμ. τινα μύθωι, μύθοις, ἐπέεσσι id=Hom.; even, ταῦτα τοὺς φίλους ἠμείψατο Hdt.
3.to repay, requite, δώροισιν ἀμ. τινα Od.; χρηστοῖσι Hdt.; also c. acc. et dat. rei, ἀμ. εὐεργεσίας χάρισιν Xen.
2.like Act. to change a place, to pass either out of or into, Hom., etc.
