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μέτειμι εἰμί sum

I.to be among, c. dat. pl., Hom.; absol., οὐ παυσωλὴ μετέσσεται no interval of rest will be mine, Il.
II.impers., μέτεστί μοί τινος I have a share in or claim to a thing, Hdt., attic:—so part. neut. used absol., οὐδὲν Αἰολεῦσι μετεὸν τῆς χώρης since the Aeolians had no share in the land, Hdt.
2.sometimes the share is added in nom., μέτεστι πᾶσι τὸ ἴσον Thuc.; ἐμοὶ τούτων οὐδὲν μ. Plat.

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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