μετατίθημι
Infl. fut. -θήσω
Infl. aor1 μετ-έθηκα
Infl. aor2 -έθην
I. "to place among", τῷ κ᾽ οὔτι τόσον κέλαδον μετέθηκεν (variant reading: μεθέηκεν) then "he would" not "have caused" so much noise "among" us, Od.
II. "to place differently",
1. in local sense, "to transpose", Plat.
2. "to change, alter", of a treaty, Thuc., Xen.; μ. τὰς ἐπωνυμίας ἐπὶ ὑός "to change" their names "and call them" after swine, Hdt.; μ. τι ἀντί τινος "to put" one thing "in place" of another, "substitute", Dem.
3. Mid. "to change what is one's own or for oneself", τοὺς νόμους, Xen.; μετατίθεσθαι τὴν γνώμην "to adopt a new" opinion, Hdt.; so, absol., Plat.
b. μ. [τὸν φόβον] "to get rid of, transfer one's" fear, Dem.
c. c. dupl. acc., τὸ κείνων κακὸν τῷδε κέρδος μ. "to alter" their evil designs into gain for him, Soph.
4. Pass. "to be changed, to alter", Eur.