"μετάθεσις" meaning in Ancient Greek

See μετάθεσις in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /me.tá.tʰe.sis/, /meˈta.θe.sis/, /meˈta.θe.sis/, /me.tá.tʰe.sis/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /meˈta.tʰe.sis/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /meˈta.θe.sis/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /meˈta.θe.sis/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /meˈta.θe.sis/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From μετα- (meta-) + θέσις (thésis). Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-}}, {{af|grc|μετα-|θέσις}} μετα- (meta-) + θέσις (thésis) Head templates: {{grc-noun|μετάθεσῐς|μεταθέσεως|f|third}} μετάθεσῐς • (metáthesĭs) f (genitive μεταθέσεως); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|μετάθεσῐς|εως|form=F}} Forms: μετάθεσῐς [canonical], metáthesĭs [romanization], μεταθέσεως [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ἡ μετάθεσῐς [nominative, singular], τὼ μεταθέσει [dual, nominative], αἱ μεταθέσεις [nominative, plural], τῆς μεταθέσεως [genitive, singular], τοῖν μεταθεσέοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν μεταθέσεων [genitive, plural], τῇ μεταθέσει [dative, singular], τοῖν μεταθεσέοιν [dative, dual], ταῖς μεταθέσεσῐ [dative, plural], μεταθέσεσῐν [dative, plural], taîs metathésesĭ [dative, plural], taîs metathésesĭn [dative, plural], τὴν μετάθεσῐν [accusative, singular], τὼ μεταθέσει [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς μεταθέσεις [accusative, plural], μετάθεσῐ [singular, vocative], μεταθέσει [dual, vocative], μεταθέσεις [plural, vocative]
  1. transposition
    Sense id: en-μετάθεσις-grc-noun-Sn76fvtG Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek terms prefixed with μετα-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 42 37 21 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension: 50 23 26 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms prefixed with μετα-: 45 28 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 23 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 57 20 22
  2. change of sides or opinions, amendment
    Sense id: en-μετάθεσις-grc-noun-A2K7XUwN Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 42 37 21
  3. power of changing
    Sense id: en-μετάθεσις-grc-noun-fgEvpljT Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 42 37 21
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          "expansion": "→ Danish: metatese",
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      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "sh",
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: metateza",
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      "form": "metáthesĭs",
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      "form": "Attic declension-3",
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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        "singular"
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        "plural"
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        "singular"
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        "dual",
        "genitive"
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      "form": "τῶν μεταθέσεων",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "τῇ μεταθέσει",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "τοῖν μεταθεσέοιν",
      "roman": "toîn metatheséoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
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      "form": "ταῖς μεταθέσεσῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μεταθέσεσῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "taîs metathésesĭ",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
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        "dative",
        "plural"
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
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      "form": "τᾱ̀ς μεταθέσεις",
      "roman": "tā̀s metathéseis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "μετάθεσῐ",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
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        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
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        "vocative"
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "side"
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          "opinion",
          "opinion"
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          "amendment",
          "amendment"
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "change"
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  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/me.tá.tʰe.sis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/meˈta.θe.sis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/meˈta.θe.sis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/me.tá.tʰe.sis/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/meˈta.tʰe.sis/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/meˈta.θe.sis/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/meˈta.θe.sis/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/meˈta.θe.sis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μετάθεσις"
}
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    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek proparoxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeh₁-",
    "Ancient Greek terms prefixed with μετα-",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
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          "expansion": "→ Danish: metatese",
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            "bor": "1"
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        }
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          "name": "desc"
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            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
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            "2": "metátesis",
            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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            "1": "pl",
            "2": "metateza",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Polish: metateza",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: metateza"
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "metateza",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: metateza",
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        "romanization"
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        "genitive"
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      "form": "Attic declension-3",
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "declension",
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        "class"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "τὼ μεταθέσει",
      "roman": "tṑ metathései",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative"
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    {
      "form": "αἱ μεταθέσεις",
      "roman": "hai metathéseis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς μεταθέσεως",
      "roman": "tês metathéseōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μεταθεσέοιν",
      "roman": "toîn metatheséoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν μεταθέσεων",
      "roman": "tôn metathéseōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ μεταθέσει",
      "roman": "têi metathései",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μεταθεσέοιν",
      "roman": "toîn metatheséoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς μεταθέσεσῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μεταθέσεσῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs metathésesĭ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs metathésesĭn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν μετάθεσῐν",
      "roman": "tḕn metáthesĭn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μεταθέσει",
      "roman": "tṑ metathései",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς μεταθέσεις",
      "roman": "tā̀s metathéseis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μετάθεσῐ",
      "roman": "metáthesĭ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μεταθέσει",
      "roman": "metathései",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μεταθέσεις",
      "roman": "metathéseis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μετάθεσῐς",
        "2": "μεταθέσεως",
        "3": "f",
        "4": "third"
      },
      "expansion": "μετάθεσῐς • (metáthesĭs) f (genitive μεταθέσεως); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μετάθεσῐς",
        "2": "εως",
        "form": "F"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "transposition"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "transposition",
          "transposition"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "change of sides or opinions, amendment"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "change",
          "change"
        ],
        [
          "side",
          "side"
        ],
        [
          "opinion",
          "opinion"
        ],
        [
          "amendment",
          "amendment"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "power of changing"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ],
        [
          "changing",
          "change"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/me.tá.tʰe.sis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/meˈta.θe.sis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/meˈta.θe.sis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/me.tá.tʰe.sis/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/meˈta.tʰe.sis/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/meˈta.θe.sis/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/meˈta.θe.sis/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/meˈta.θe.sis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μετάθεσις"
}

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