Strong G3326μετά
with/after
- Transliteration
- meta
- Pronunciation
- met-ah'
- Morphology
- Greek Preposition
Definition
A primary preposition (often used adverbially); properly denoting accompaniment; amid (local or causal); modified variously according to the case (genitive case association or accusative case succession) with which it is joined; occupying an intermediate position between G575 or G1537 and G1519 or G4314; less intimate than G1722 and less close than G4862): - after (-ward)6X that he again against among X and + follow hence hereafter in of (up-) on + our X and setting since (un-) to + together when with (+ -out). Often used in composition in substantially the same relations of participation or proximity and transfer or sequence .
Detailed definition
μετά (before vowel μετ᾽; on the neglect of elision in certain cases, V. WH, App., 146 b),
prep. with genitive, accusative (in poet, also with dative), [in LXX for אַחַד,עִם,אֵת, etc.].
I. C. genitive,
1. among, amid: Mrk.1:13, Luk.22:37 (LXX, ἐν) 24:5, Jhn.18:5, al.; διωγμῶν, Mrk.10:30.
2. Of association and companionship, with (in which sense it gradually superseded σύν, than which it is much more frequently in NT; cf. Bl., §42, 3): with genitive of person(s), Mat.8:11 20:20 Mrk.1:29 3:7 Luk.5:30, Jhn.3:22, Gal.2:1, al. mult.; εἶναι μετά, Mat.5:25, Mrk.3:14, al.; metaphorically, of divine help and guidance, Jhn.3:2, Act.7:9, Php.4:9, al.; opposite to εἶναι κατά, Mat.12:30, Luk.11:23; in Hellenistic usage (but see M, Pr., 106, 246f.), πολεμεῖν μετά = cl. π., with dative, to wage war against (so LXX for נִלְחַם עִם, 1Ki.17:33), Rev.2:16, al.; with genitive of thing(s), χαρᾶς, Mat.13:20, Mrk.4:16, al.; ὀργῆς, Mrk.3:5, al.
II. C. accusative,
1. of place, behind, after: Heb.9:3.
2. Of time, after: Mat.17:1, Mrk.14:1, Luk.1:24, Act.1:5, Gal.1:18, al.; μετὰ τοῦτο, Jhn.2:12, al.; ταῦτα, Mrk.16:[12], Luk.5:27, Jhn.3:22, al; with inf. artic. (BL, §71, 5; 72, 3), Mat.26:32, Mrk.1:14, al.
III. In composition,
1. of association or community: μεταδίδωμι, μετέχω, etc.
2. Exchange or transference: μεταλλάσσω, μετοικίζω, etc.
3. after: μεταμέλομαι.
(AS)
prep. with genitive, accusative (in poet, also with dative), [in LXX for אַחַד,עִם,אֵת, etc.].
I. C. genitive,
1. among, amid: Mrk.1:13, Luk.22:37 (LXX, ἐν) 24:5, Jhn.18:5, al.; διωγμῶν, Mrk.10:30.
2. Of association and companionship, with (in which sense it gradually superseded σύν, than which it is much more frequently in NT; cf. Bl., §42, 3): with genitive of person(s), Mat.8:11 20:20 Mrk.1:29 3:7 Luk.5:30, Jhn.3:22, Gal.2:1, al. mult.; εἶναι μετά, Mat.5:25, Mrk.3:14, al.; metaphorically, of divine help and guidance, Jhn.3:2, Act.7:9, Php.4:9, al.; opposite to εἶναι κατά, Mat.12:30, Luk.11:23; in Hellenistic usage (but see M, Pr., 106, 246f.), πολεμεῖν μετά = cl. π., with dative, to wage war against (so LXX for נִלְחַם עִם, 1Ki.17:33), Rev.2:16, al.; with genitive of thing(s), χαρᾶς, Mat.13:20, Mrk.4:16, al.; ὀργῆς, Mrk.3:5, al.
II. C. accusative,
1. of place, behind, after: Heb.9:3.
2. Of time, after: Mat.17:1, Mrk.14:1, Luk.1:24, Act.1:5, Gal.1:18, al.; μετὰ τοῦτο, Jhn.2:12, al.; ταῦτα, Mrk.16:[12], Luk.5:27, Jhn.3:22, al; with inf. artic. (BL, §71, 5; 72, 3), Mat.26:32, Mrk.1:14, al.
III. In composition,
1. of association or community: μεταδίδωμι, μετέχω, etc.
2. Exchange or transference: μεταλλάσσω, μετοικίζω, etc.
3. after: μεταμέλομαι.
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3326 appears in 446 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- with322
- after88
- among5
- afterward4
- hereafter4
- against3
- be2
- in2
- when2
- and1
- between1
- boldly1
First verses
- Matthew 1:12And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;
- Matthew 1:23Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
- Matthew 2:3When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
- Matthew 2:11And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
- Matthew 4:21And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.
- Matthew 5:25Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
- Matthew 5:41And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
- Matthew 8:11And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
- Matthew 9:11And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
- Matthew 9:15And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
- Matthew 12:3But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;
- Matthew 12:4How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?
- Matthew 12:30He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.
- Matthew 12:41The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
- Matthew 12:42The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
- Matthew 12:45Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
- Matthew 13:20But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
- Matthew 14:7Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.
- Matthew 15:30And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus’ feet; and he healed them:
- Matthew 16:27For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
- μετανοέωto repentG3340
- μεθοδείαschemeG3180
- μετακινέωto shiftG3334
- μετατίθημιto transportG3346
- μεταλαμβάνωto partakeG3335
- μεταίρωto leaveG3332
- μεταμέλλομαιto repentG3338
- μετακαλέωto summonG3333
- μεταλλάσσωto exchangeG3337
- μετεωρίζωto worryG3349
- μετασχηματίζωto transformG3345
- μετέπειταafterwardG3347
- μεταστρέφωto changeG3344
- μεταβαίνωto departG3327
- μεθίστημιto moveG3179
- μεταπέμπωto summonG3343
- μέτωπονforeheadG3359
- μετέχωto shareG3348
- μεθερμηνεύωto meanG3177
- μεταξύbetween/meanwhileG3342
- μεταβάλλωto change mindG3328
- μετοικεσίαdeportationG3350
- μετάγωto turnG3329
- μεταμορφόωto transformG3339
Detailed Greek dictionary
μετά [ᾰ,
but ᾱ in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 184 (assuming variant, Lyric poetry))]], poetry μεταί, uncertain, only in μεταιβολί; Aeolic dialect, Doric dialect, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus πεδά (which see))]: preposition with genitive, dative, and accusative (Cf. Goth. mip, OHG. miti, mit 'with'.)
A WITH GEN. (in which use μ. gradually superseded σύν, which see),
A.I in the midst of, among, between, with plural Nouns, μετ᾽ ἄλλων λέξο ἑταίρων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.320; μ. δμώων πῖνε καὶ ἦσθε 16.140; τῶν μέτα παλλόμενος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.400; πολλῶν μ. δούλων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1037; μ. ζώντων εἶναι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1312; ὅτων οἰκεῖς μέτα [prev. author] “OT” 414; μ. τῶν θεῶν διάγουσα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 81a (but κεῖσθαι μ. τινός)] with one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 73): sometimes the _plural_ is implied, μετ᾽ οὐδενὸς ἀνδρῶν ναίειν)], i.e. among no men, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 1103 (Lyric poetry), etc.)]
A.II in common, along with, by aid of (implying a closer union than σύν), μ. Βοιωτῶν ἐμάχοντο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.700, compare 21.458)]; συνδιεπολέμησαν τὸν πόλεμον μ. Ἀθηναίων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 12.108.7; μ. ξυμμάχων ξυγκινδυνεύσειν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.24, compare 6.79, etc.)]; μ. τῆς βουλῆς in co-operation with the council, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“IG” 12.91.10: in this sense frequently (not in lines, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus, rare in early Gr.) with _sing._, μετ᾽ Ἀθηναίης)] with, i.e. by aid of, Athena, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“Hymni Homerici” 20.2; μ. εἷο 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 392)]; μ. τινὸς πάσχειν, δρᾶν τι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1067 (_anapaest meter_), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 70)]; μ. τινὸς εἶναι to be on one's side, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.56; μ. τοῦ ἠδικημένου ἔσεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.4.7; μ. τοῦ νόμου καὶ τοῦ δικαίου 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 32b)]: generally, with, together with, with substantive in singular first in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus (in whom it is rare except in the phrase οἱ μ. τινός, see below), as κοιμᾶσθαι μ. τινός 3.68, 4th c.BC: Timocles Comicus 22.2; εὕδειν μ. τινός 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.84)]; οἱ μ. τινός his companions, [NT+5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.86, +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 315b: frequently with Prons., μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 73; μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 661 (_anapaest meter_), etc.: less frequently of things, στέγη πυρὸς μ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 298; μ. κιθάρας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1037 (Lyric poetry); μ. τυροῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 771, etc.; τὴν δίαιταν μεθ᾽ ὅπλων ἐποιήσαντο 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.6, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 573; ὄχλος μ. μαχαιρῶν καὶ ξύλων NT.Matt.26.47: indicating community of action and serving to join two subjects, Κλεομένης μετὰ Ἀθηναίων)] C. and the Athenians, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.126: with _plural_ Verb, Δημοσθένης μ. τῶν ξυστρατήγων σπένδονται [prev. author] 3.109, etc.)]; of things, in conjunction with, ἰσχύν τε καὶ κάλλος μετὰ ὑγιείας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 591b; γῆρας μ. πενίας [prev. work] 330a.)]
A.III later, in one's dealings with, ὅσα ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς μετ᾽ αὐτῶν [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.Act.14.27; ὁ ποιήσας τὸ ἔλεος μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ NT.Luke.10.36; τί ἡμῖν συνέβη μ. τῶν ἀρχόντων “PAmh.” 2.135.15 (2nd c.AD))]: even of hostile action, σὺ ποιεῖς μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ πονηρίαν [LXX+NT+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.Judg.11.27, compare 15.3; πολεμῆσαι μ. τινός NT.Rev.12.7, compare 2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus “Abhandlungen der Göttinger Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften (Phil.-hist. Klasse)” 190.4 codices (but μ. may be a gloss), Wilcken “Chr.” 23.10 (5th c.AD), “OGI” 201.3 (Nubia, 6th c.AD))]: to denote the union of persons with qualities or circumstances, and so to denote manner, τὸ ἄπραγμον.. μὴ μ. τοῦ δραστηρίου τεταγμένον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.63, etc.; ἱκετεῦσαι μ. δακρύων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 34c; οἴκτου μέτα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1636; μετ᾽ ἀσφαλείας μὲν δοξάζομεν, μετὰ δέους δὲ.. ἐλλείπομεν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.120, compare “IG” 22.791.12; μ. ῥυθμοῦ βαίνοντες 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.70; ὅσα μετ᾽ ἐλπίδων λυμαίνεται [prev. work] 103, etc.)]; ψυχὴν ὁσίως βεβιωκυῖαν καὶ μετ᾽ ἀληθείας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 526c, compare “Phdr.” 249a, 253d)]; also, by means of, μετ᾽ ἀρετῆς πρωτεύειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.5.8; γράφε μ. μέλανος “PMag.Lond.” 121.226.)]
A.III.2 serving to join two predicates, γενόμενος μ. τοῦ δυνατοῦ καὶ ξυνετός, i.e. δυνατός τε καὶ ξυνετός, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.15; ὅταν πλησιάζῃ μ. τοῦ ἅπτεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 255b.
A.IV rarely of Time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (μ. τοῦ γυμνάζεσθαι ἠλείψαντο, for ἅμα, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.6)]; μετ᾽ ἀνοκωχῆς during.., [Refs ([prev. author] 5.25.)]
B WITH DAT., only poetry, mostly Epic dialect:
B.I between, among others, but without the close union which belongs to the genitive, and so nearly ={ἐν}, which is sometimes exchanged with it, μ. πρώτοισι.. ἐν πυμάτοισι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.64:)]
B.I.1 of persons, among, in company with, μετ᾽ ἀθανάτοισι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.525; μετ᾽ ἀνθρώποις 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 5.30; μ. κόραισι Νηρῆος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.29)]; μ. τριτάτοισιν ἄνασσεν in the third generation (not μ. τριτάτων belonging to it), [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.252)]; of haranguing an assembly, μετ᾽ Ἀργείοις ἀγορεύεις [Refs (10.250, etc.)]; between, of two parties, φιλότητα μετ᾽ ἀμφοτέροισι βάλωμεν [Refs (4.16.)]
B.I.2 of things, μ. νηυσίν, ἀστράσι, κύμασιν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (13.668, 22.28, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.91; δεινὸν δ᾽ ἐστὶ θανεῖν μ. κύμασιν 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 687; χαῖται δ᾽ ἐρρώοντο μ. πνοιῇς ἀνέμοιο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.367; αἰετὼ.. ἐπέτοντο μ. π. ἀ. 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.148.)]
B.I.3 of separate parts of persons, between, μ. χερσὶν ἔχειν to hold between, i.e. in, the hands, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.4, 184, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1110 (Lyric poetry), etc.; τὸν μ. χ. ἐρύσατο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.344)]; ὅς κεν.. πέσῃ μ. ποσσὶ γυναικός, of a child being born, 'to fall between her feet', [Refs (19.110; so μ. γένυσσιν, γαμφηλῇσιν, 11.416, 13.200; μ. φρεσί 4.245, etc.)]
B.II to complete a number, besides, over and above, αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ πέμπτος μ. τοῖσιν ἐλέγμην I reckoned myself to be with them a fifth, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.335, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.188)]; Οὖτιν.. πύματον ἔδομαι μ. οἷς ἑτάροισι last to complete the number, i.e. after, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.369, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 613, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.39, 17.84.)]
B.III with dative singular, only of collective Nouns (or the equivalent of such, μεθ᾽ αἵματι καὶ κονίῃσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.118), μ. στροφάλιγγι κονίης 21.503; στρατῷ 22.49; μ. πρώτῃ ἀγορῇ 19.50, etc.; μετ᾽ ἀνδρῶν.. ἀριθμῷ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.449; μετ᾽ ἄλλῳ λαῷ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 365 (Lyric poetry).)]
C WITH ACCUSATIVE
C.I of motion, into the middle of, coming into or among, especially where a number of persons is implied, ἵκοντο μ. Τρῶας καὶ Ἀχαιούς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.264; μ. φῦλα θεῶν 15.54, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.366, +others; μ. μῶλον Ἄρηος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.245; μ. λαὸν Ἀχαιών 5.573, +others; μ. στρατόν, μεθ᾽ ὅμιλον, μεθ᾽ ὁμήγυριν, 5.589, 14.21, 20.142: so of birds, ὥς τ᾽ αἰγυπιὸς μ. χῆνας (though this may be referred to signification 2), 17.460)]; of things, εἴ τινα φεύγοντα σαώσειαν μ. νῆας [Refs (12.123)]; με μ... ἔριδας καὶ νείκεα βάλλει plunges me into them, [Refs (2.376)]; of place, μ. τ᾽ ἤθεα καὶ νομὸν ἵππων [Refs (6.511)]; δράγματα μετ᾽ ὄγμον πῖπτον into the midst of the furrow, [Refs (18.552.)]
C.I.2 in pursuit or quest of, of persons, sometimes in friendlysense, βῆ ῥ᾽ ἰέναι μ. Νέστορα went to seek [Refs 8th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Nestor Epigrammaticus, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.73, compare 15.221: sometimes in hostile sense, βῆναι μ. τινά)] to go after, pursue him, [Refs (5.152, 6.21, +others)]; also of things, πλεῖν μ. χαλκόν to sail in quest of it, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.184)]; ἵκηαι μ. πατρὸς ἀκουήν in search of news of thy father, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (2.308, compare 13.415; οἴχονται μ. δεῖπνον 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.346)]; πόλεμον μέτα θωρήσσοντο they armed for the battle, [Refs (20.329)]; ὡπλίζοντο μεθ᾽ ὕλην prepared to seek after wood, [Refs (7.418, compare 420; μ. δούρατος ᾤχετ᾽ ἐρωήν 11.357; μ. γὰρ δόρυ ᾔει οἰσόμενος 13.247.)]
C.II of sequence or succession,
C.II.1 of Place, after, behind, λαοὶ ἕπονθ᾽, ὡς εἴ τε μ. κτίλον ἕσπετο μῆλα like sheep after the bell-wether, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.492, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.260, 21.190, “hymnus ad Venerem” 69; ἔσχατοι μ. Κύνητας οἰκέουσι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.49)]; μ. τὴν θάλασσαν beyond, on the far side of the sea, [Refs (Theo Sm. p.122 H.)]
C.II.2 of Time, after, next to, μ. δαῖτας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.352)]; μεθ᾽ Ἕκτορα πότμος ἑτοῖμος after Hector thy death is at the door, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.96; μ. Πάτροκλόν γε θανόντα 24.575, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.34; μετ᾽ εὐχάν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 231 (Lyric poetry), etc.; μ. ταῦτα)]thereupon, there-after, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (hymnus ad Mercurium 126, etc.; τὸ μ. ταῦτα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 34c; τὸ μ. τοῦτο [prev. author] “Criti.” 120a)]; μετ᾽ ὀλίγον ὕστερον shortly after, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Lg.” 646c; μ. μικρόν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Demon.” 8; μ. ἡμέρας τρεῖς μ. τὴν ἄφεδρον 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.19; μ. ἔτη δύο 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 1.13.1; μ. τρίτον ἔτος 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.2.8)]; μ. χρυσόθρονον ἠῶ after daybreak, [Refs (“hymnus ad Mercurium” 326: but μετ᾽ ἡμέρην)] by day, opposed to νυκτός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.150, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 251e, etc.)]; μεθ᾽ ἡμέραν, opposed to νύκτωρ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 485; μ. νύκτας 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 6.6)]; μ. τὸν ἑξέτη καὶ τὴν ἑξέτιν after the boy or girl has attained the age of six years, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 794c.)]
C.II.3 in order of Worth, Rank, etc., next after, following superlative, κάλλιστος ἀνὴρ.. τῶν ἄλλων Δαναῶν μετ᾽ ἀμύμονα Πηλεΐωνα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.674, compare 7.228, 12.104, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.350, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.53, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.2.11, etc.; κοῦροι οἳ.. ἀριστεύουσι μεθ᾽ ἡμέας 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.652, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.18)]: where superlative is implied, ὃς πᾶσι μετέπρεπε.. μ. Πηλεΐωνος ἑταῖρον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.195, compare 17.280, 351)]; μ. μάκαρας next to the gods, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1080 (_anapaest meter_))]; also μάχεσθαι μ. πολλοὺς τῶν Ἑλλήνων to be inferior in fighting to many.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Heroicus” 6.)]
C.III after, according to, μ. σὸν καὶ ἐμὸν κῆρ as you and I wish, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.52; μετ᾽ ἀνέρος ἴχνι᾽ ἐρευνῶν 18.321; μετ᾽ ἴχνια βαῖνε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.406.)]
C.IV generally, among, between, as with dative (B.I), μ. πάντας ὁμήλικας ἄριστος best among all, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.54, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.419; μ. πληθύν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.143)]; μ. τοὺς τετελευτηκότας including those who have died, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“PLond.” 2.260.87 (1st c.AD))]; μ. χεῖρας ἔχειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.16. β᾽, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.138, “POxy.” 901.9 (4th c.AD),compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 2.14, etc.)]
D μετά with all cases can be put after its substantive, and is then by anastrophe μέτα, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.301)], but not when the ultima is elided, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (17.258, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.147.)]
E absolutely as adverb., among them, with them, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.446, 477, etc.)]; with him, οὐκ οἶον, μ. καὶ Γανυμήδεα [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.115.)]
E.II and then, next afterwards, opposed to πρόσθε, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.133.)]
E.III thereafter,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (15.67, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.88, 128, 150, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 759 (Lyric poetry), etc.)]; μ. γάρ τε καὶ ἄλγεσι τέρπεται ἀνήρ one feels pleasure even in troubles, when past, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.400)]; μ. δέ, for ἔπειτα δέ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.19, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMort.” 9.2, etc.)]
F μέτα, -μέτεστι, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.93, 4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 9.4, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.88, 171, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 48,etc.)]
G IN COMPOSITION (joined with other words),
G.I of community or participation, as in μεταδίδωμι, μετέχω, usually with genitive of things.
G.I.2 of action in common with another, as in μεταδαίνυμαι, μεταμέλπομαι, etc., with dative person
G.II in the midst of, of space or time, as in μεταδήμιος, μεταδόρπιος 1; between, as in μεταίχμιον, μεταπύργιον.
G.III of succession of time, as in μεταδόρπιος 2, μετακλαίω, μεταυτίκα.
G.IV of pursuit, as in μεταδιώκω, μετέρχομαι.
G.V of letting go, as in μεθίημι, μεθήμων.
G.VI after, behind, as in μετάφρενον, opposed to πρόσθε.
G.VII reversely, as in μετατρέπω, μεταστρέφω.
G.VIII most frequently of change of place, condition, plan, etc., as in μεταβαίνω, μεταβάλλω, μεταβουλεύω, μεταγιγνώσκω, etc.
but ᾱ in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 184 (assuming variant, Lyric poetry))]], poetry μεταί, uncertain, only in μεταιβολί; Aeolic dialect, Doric dialect, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus πεδά (which see))]: preposition with genitive, dative, and accusative (Cf. Goth. mip, OHG. miti, mit 'with'.)
A WITH GEN. (in which use μ. gradually superseded σύν, which see),
A.I in the midst of, among, between, with plural Nouns, μετ᾽ ἄλλων λέξο ἑταίρων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.320; μ. δμώων πῖνε καὶ ἦσθε 16.140; τῶν μέτα παλλόμενος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.400; πολλῶν μ. δούλων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1037; μ. ζώντων εἶναι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1312; ὅτων οἰκεῖς μέτα [prev. author] “OT” 414; μ. τῶν θεῶν διάγουσα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 81a (but κεῖσθαι μ. τινός)] with one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 73): sometimes the _plural_ is implied, μετ᾽ οὐδενὸς ἀνδρῶν ναίειν)], i.e. among no men, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 1103 (Lyric poetry), etc.)]
A.II in common, along with, by aid of (implying a closer union than σύν), μ. Βοιωτῶν ἐμάχοντο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.700, compare 21.458)]; συνδιεπολέμησαν τὸν πόλεμον μ. Ἀθηναίων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 12.108.7; μ. ξυμμάχων ξυγκινδυνεύσειν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.24, compare 6.79, etc.)]; μ. τῆς βουλῆς in co-operation with the council, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“IG” 12.91.10: in this sense frequently (not in lines, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus, rare in early Gr.) with _sing._, μετ᾽ Ἀθηναίης)] with, i.e. by aid of, Athena, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“Hymni Homerici” 20.2; μ. εἷο 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 392)]; μ. τινὸς πάσχειν, δρᾶν τι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1067 (_anapaest meter_), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 70)]; μ. τινὸς εἶναι to be on one's side, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.56; μ. τοῦ ἠδικημένου ἔσεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.4.7; μ. τοῦ νόμου καὶ τοῦ δικαίου 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 32b)]: generally, with, together with, with substantive in singular first in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus (in whom it is rare except in the phrase οἱ μ. τινός, see below), as κοιμᾶσθαι μ. τινός 3.68, 4th c.BC: Timocles Comicus 22.2; εὕδειν μ. τινός 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.84)]; οἱ μ. τινός his companions, [NT+5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.86, +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 315b: frequently with Prons., μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 73; μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 661 (_anapaest meter_), etc.: less frequently of things, στέγη πυρὸς μ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 298; μ. κιθάρας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1037 (Lyric poetry); μ. τυροῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 771, etc.; τὴν δίαιταν μεθ᾽ ὅπλων ἐποιήσαντο 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.6, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 573; ὄχλος μ. μαχαιρῶν καὶ ξύλων NT.Matt.26.47: indicating community of action and serving to join two subjects, Κλεομένης μετὰ Ἀθηναίων)] C. and the Athenians, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.126: with _plural_ Verb, Δημοσθένης μ. τῶν ξυστρατήγων σπένδονται [prev. author] 3.109, etc.)]; of things, in conjunction with, ἰσχύν τε καὶ κάλλος μετὰ ὑγιείας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 591b; γῆρας μ. πενίας [prev. work] 330a.)]
A.III later, in one's dealings with, ὅσα ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς μετ᾽ αὐτῶν [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.Act.14.27; ὁ ποιήσας τὸ ἔλεος μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ NT.Luke.10.36; τί ἡμῖν συνέβη μ. τῶν ἀρχόντων “PAmh.” 2.135.15 (2nd c.AD))]: even of hostile action, σὺ ποιεῖς μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ πονηρίαν [LXX+NT+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.Judg.11.27, compare 15.3; πολεμῆσαι μ. τινός NT.Rev.12.7, compare 2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus “Abhandlungen der Göttinger Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften (Phil.-hist. Klasse)” 190.4 codices (but μ. may be a gloss), Wilcken “Chr.” 23.10 (5th c.AD), “OGI” 201.3 (Nubia, 6th c.AD))]: to denote the union of persons with qualities or circumstances, and so to denote manner, τὸ ἄπραγμον.. μὴ μ. τοῦ δραστηρίου τεταγμένον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.63, etc.; ἱκετεῦσαι μ. δακρύων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 34c; οἴκτου μέτα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1636; μετ᾽ ἀσφαλείας μὲν δοξάζομεν, μετὰ δέους δὲ.. ἐλλείπομεν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.120, compare “IG” 22.791.12; μ. ῥυθμοῦ βαίνοντες 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.70; ὅσα μετ᾽ ἐλπίδων λυμαίνεται [prev. work] 103, etc.)]; ψυχὴν ὁσίως βεβιωκυῖαν καὶ μετ᾽ ἀληθείας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 526c, compare “Phdr.” 249a, 253d)]; also, by means of, μετ᾽ ἀρετῆς πρωτεύειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.5.8; γράφε μ. μέλανος “PMag.Lond.” 121.226.)]
A.III.2 serving to join two predicates, γενόμενος μ. τοῦ δυνατοῦ καὶ ξυνετός, i.e. δυνατός τε καὶ ξυνετός, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.15; ὅταν πλησιάζῃ μ. τοῦ ἅπτεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 255b.
A.IV rarely of Time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (μ. τοῦ γυμνάζεσθαι ἠλείψαντο, for ἅμα, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.6)]; μετ᾽ ἀνοκωχῆς during.., [Refs ([prev. author] 5.25.)]
B WITH DAT., only poetry, mostly Epic dialect:
B.I between, among others, but without the close union which belongs to the genitive, and so nearly ={ἐν}, which is sometimes exchanged with it, μ. πρώτοισι.. ἐν πυμάτοισι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.64:)]
B.I.1 of persons, among, in company with, μετ᾽ ἀθανάτοισι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.525; μετ᾽ ἀνθρώποις 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 5.30; μ. κόραισι Νηρῆος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.29)]; μ. τριτάτοισιν ἄνασσεν in the third generation (not μ. τριτάτων belonging to it), [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.252)]; of haranguing an assembly, μετ᾽ Ἀργείοις ἀγορεύεις [Refs (10.250, etc.)]; between, of two parties, φιλότητα μετ᾽ ἀμφοτέροισι βάλωμεν [Refs (4.16.)]
B.I.2 of things, μ. νηυσίν, ἀστράσι, κύμασιν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (13.668, 22.28, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.91; δεινὸν δ᾽ ἐστὶ θανεῖν μ. κύμασιν 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 687; χαῖται δ᾽ ἐρρώοντο μ. πνοιῇς ἀνέμοιο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.367; αἰετὼ.. ἐπέτοντο μ. π. ἀ. 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.148.)]
B.I.3 of separate parts of persons, between, μ. χερσὶν ἔχειν to hold between, i.e. in, the hands, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.4, 184, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1110 (Lyric poetry), etc.; τὸν μ. χ. ἐρύσατο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.344)]; ὅς κεν.. πέσῃ μ. ποσσὶ γυναικός, of a child being born, 'to fall between her feet', [Refs (19.110; so μ. γένυσσιν, γαμφηλῇσιν, 11.416, 13.200; μ. φρεσί 4.245, etc.)]
B.II to complete a number, besides, over and above, αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ πέμπτος μ. τοῖσιν ἐλέγμην I reckoned myself to be with them a fifth, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.335, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.188)]; Οὖτιν.. πύματον ἔδομαι μ. οἷς ἑτάροισι last to complete the number, i.e. after, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.369, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 613, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.39, 17.84.)]
B.III with dative singular, only of collective Nouns (or the equivalent of such, μεθ᾽ αἵματι καὶ κονίῃσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.118), μ. στροφάλιγγι κονίης 21.503; στρατῷ 22.49; μ. πρώτῃ ἀγορῇ 19.50, etc.; μετ᾽ ἀνδρῶν.. ἀριθμῷ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.449; μετ᾽ ἄλλῳ λαῷ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 365 (Lyric poetry).)]
C WITH ACCUSATIVE
C.I of motion, into the middle of, coming into or among, especially where a number of persons is implied, ἵκοντο μ. Τρῶας καὶ Ἀχαιούς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.264; μ. φῦλα θεῶν 15.54, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.366, +others; μ. μῶλον Ἄρηος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.245; μ. λαὸν Ἀχαιών 5.573, +others; μ. στρατόν, μεθ᾽ ὅμιλον, μεθ᾽ ὁμήγυριν, 5.589, 14.21, 20.142: so of birds, ὥς τ᾽ αἰγυπιὸς μ. χῆνας (though this may be referred to signification 2), 17.460)]; of things, εἴ τινα φεύγοντα σαώσειαν μ. νῆας [Refs (12.123)]; με μ... ἔριδας καὶ νείκεα βάλλει plunges me into them, [Refs (2.376)]; of place, μ. τ᾽ ἤθεα καὶ νομὸν ἵππων [Refs (6.511)]; δράγματα μετ᾽ ὄγμον πῖπτον into the midst of the furrow, [Refs (18.552.)]
C.I.2 in pursuit or quest of, of persons, sometimes in friendlysense, βῆ ῥ᾽ ἰέναι μ. Νέστορα went to seek [Refs 8th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Nestor Epigrammaticus, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.73, compare 15.221: sometimes in hostile sense, βῆναι μ. τινά)] to go after, pursue him, [Refs (5.152, 6.21, +others)]; also of things, πλεῖν μ. χαλκόν to sail in quest of it, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.184)]; ἵκηαι μ. πατρὸς ἀκουήν in search of news of thy father, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (2.308, compare 13.415; οἴχονται μ. δεῖπνον 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.346)]; πόλεμον μέτα θωρήσσοντο they armed for the battle, [Refs (20.329)]; ὡπλίζοντο μεθ᾽ ὕλην prepared to seek after wood, [Refs (7.418, compare 420; μ. δούρατος ᾤχετ᾽ ἐρωήν 11.357; μ. γὰρ δόρυ ᾔει οἰσόμενος 13.247.)]
C.II of sequence or succession,
C.II.1 of Place, after, behind, λαοὶ ἕπονθ᾽, ὡς εἴ τε μ. κτίλον ἕσπετο μῆλα like sheep after the bell-wether, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.492, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.260, 21.190, “hymnus ad Venerem” 69; ἔσχατοι μ. Κύνητας οἰκέουσι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.49)]; μ. τὴν θάλασσαν beyond, on the far side of the sea, [Refs (Theo Sm. p.122 H.)]
C.II.2 of Time, after, next to, μ. δαῖτας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.352)]; μεθ᾽ Ἕκτορα πότμος ἑτοῖμος after Hector thy death is at the door, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.96; μ. Πάτροκλόν γε θανόντα 24.575, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.34; μετ᾽ εὐχάν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 231 (Lyric poetry), etc.; μ. ταῦτα)]thereupon, there-after, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (hymnus ad Mercurium 126, etc.; τὸ μ. ταῦτα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 34c; τὸ μ. τοῦτο [prev. author] “Criti.” 120a)]; μετ᾽ ὀλίγον ὕστερον shortly after, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Lg.” 646c; μ. μικρόν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Demon.” 8; μ. ἡμέρας τρεῖς μ. τὴν ἄφεδρον 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.19; μ. ἔτη δύο 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 1.13.1; μ. τρίτον ἔτος 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.2.8)]; μ. χρυσόθρονον ἠῶ after daybreak, [Refs (“hymnus ad Mercurium” 326: but μετ᾽ ἡμέρην)] by day, opposed to νυκτός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.150, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 251e, etc.)]; μεθ᾽ ἡμέραν, opposed to νύκτωρ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 485; μ. νύκτας 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 6.6)]; μ. τὸν ἑξέτη καὶ τὴν ἑξέτιν after the boy or girl has attained the age of six years, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 794c.)]
C.II.3 in order of Worth, Rank, etc., next after, following superlative, κάλλιστος ἀνὴρ.. τῶν ἄλλων Δαναῶν μετ᾽ ἀμύμονα Πηλεΐωνα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.674, compare 7.228, 12.104, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.350, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.53, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.2.11, etc.; κοῦροι οἳ.. ἀριστεύουσι μεθ᾽ ἡμέας 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.652, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.18)]: where superlative is implied, ὃς πᾶσι μετέπρεπε.. μ. Πηλεΐωνος ἑταῖρον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.195, compare 17.280, 351)]; μ. μάκαρας next to the gods, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1080 (_anapaest meter_))]; also μάχεσθαι μ. πολλοὺς τῶν Ἑλλήνων to be inferior in fighting to many.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Heroicus” 6.)]
C.III after, according to, μ. σὸν καὶ ἐμὸν κῆρ as you and I wish, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.52; μετ᾽ ἀνέρος ἴχνι᾽ ἐρευνῶν 18.321; μετ᾽ ἴχνια βαῖνε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.406.)]
C.IV generally, among, between, as with dative (B.I), μ. πάντας ὁμήλικας ἄριστος best among all, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.54, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.419; μ. πληθύν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.143)]; μ. τοὺς τετελευτηκότας including those who have died, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“PLond.” 2.260.87 (1st c.AD))]; μ. χεῖρας ἔχειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.16. β᾽, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.138, “POxy.” 901.9 (4th c.AD),compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 2.14, etc.)]
D μετά with all cases can be put after its substantive, and is then by anastrophe μέτα, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.301)], but not when the ultima is elided, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (17.258, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.147.)]
E absolutely as adverb., among them, with them, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.446, 477, etc.)]; with him, οὐκ οἶον, μ. καὶ Γανυμήδεα [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.115.)]
E.II and then, next afterwards, opposed to πρόσθε, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.133.)]
E.III thereafter,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (15.67, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.88, 128, 150, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 759 (Lyric poetry), etc.)]; μ. γάρ τε καὶ ἄλγεσι τέρπεται ἀνήρ one feels pleasure even in troubles, when past, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.400)]; μ. δέ, for ἔπειτα δέ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.19, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMort.” 9.2, etc.)]
F μέτα, -μέτεστι, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.93, 4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 9.4, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.88, 171, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 48,etc.)]
G IN COMPOSITION (joined with other words),
G.I of community or participation, as in μεταδίδωμι, μετέχω, usually with genitive of things.
G.I.2 of action in common with another, as in μεταδαίνυμαι, μεταμέλπομαι, etc., with dative person
G.II in the midst of, of space or time, as in μεταδήμιος, μεταδόρπιος 1; between, as in μεταίχμιον, μεταπύργιον.
G.III of succession of time, as in μεταδόρπιος 2, μετακλαίω, μεταυτίκα.
G.IV of pursuit, as in μεταδιώκω, μετέρχομαι.
G.V of letting go, as in μεθίημι, μεθήμων.
G.VI after, behind, as in μετάφρενον, opposed to πρόσθε.
G.VII reversely, as in μετατρέπω, μεταστρέφω.
G.VIII most frequently of change of place, condition, plan, etc., as in μεταβαίνω, μεταβάλλω, μεταβουλεύω, μεταγιγνώσκω, etc.