μεθίστημι
A. Causal, in pres. and imperf., fut. and aor1, "to place in another way, to change", μεταστήσω τοι ταῦτα "I will give" thee "another" present "instead" of this, Od.; μ. τὰ νόμιμα πάντα Hdt.; ὄνομα etc., Eur.
2. c. gen. partit., οὐ μεθίστησι τοῦ χρώματος "he changes nothing" "of" his colour, Ar.
II. of persons, "to set free", νόσου "from" disease, Soph.; κακῶν, ὕπνου Eur.
2. "to remove", id=Eur., Thuc.:—so in aor1 mid., μεταστήσασθαι "to remove from oneself or from one's presence", Hdt., Thuc., etc.
B. Pass., aor1 μετεστάθην [α^], with aor2, perf., and plup. act.:
I. "to stand among or in the midst of", ἑτάροισι μεθίστατο Il.
2. "to change one's position, remove, depart", Hdt., attic; μ. τυράννοις ἐκποδών "to make way" for them, Eur.
3. c. gen. rei, "to change or cease from", κότου Aesch.; λύπης, κακῶν Eur.; μ. βίου to die, id=Eur.; μ. φρενῶν to go mad, id=Eur.
4. "to go over to another party, to revolt", Thuc.
II. of things, "to change, alter", sometimes "for the better", τῆς τύχης εὖ μετεστεώσης Hdt.; or "for the worse", δαίμων μεθέστηκε στρατῷ fortune "hath changed" for the army, Aesch.