μετά, [on its neylect of elision before proper names beginning with a vowel, and before sundry other words (at least in Tdf.’s text) see Tdf. Proleg. p. 95; cf. WH. Intr. p- 146°; W.§ 5,1a.; B. p. 10], a preposition, akin to μέσος (as Germ. mit to Mitte, mitten) and hence prop. in the midst of, amid, denoting association, union, accompaniment; [but some recent etymologists doubt its kinship to μέσος ; some connect it rather with ἅμα, Germ. sammt, ef. Curtius § 212; Vaniéek p. 972]. It takes the gen. and ace. (in the Grk. poets also the dat.). [On the distinetion between μετά and σύν, see σύν, init. ] I. with the Genitive (Sept. for ΠΝ, DY, WM, ete.); among, with, [ef. W. 376 (352) sq.]; 1. amid, among ; a. prop.: μετὰ τῶν νεκρῶν, among the dead, Lk. xxiv. 5 (μετὰ νεκρῶν κείσομαι, Eur. Hee. 209; θάψετέ με μετὰ τῶν πατέρων μου, Gen. xlix. 29 Sept.; μετὰ ζώντων εἶναι, to be among the living, Soph. Phil. 1312); doyiζεσθαι μετὰ ἀνόμων, to be reckoned, numbered, among transgressors, Mk. xv. 28 [GT WH om. Tr br. the vs.] and Lk. xxii. 37, fr. Is. lili. 12 (where Sept. ἐν ἀνόμοις) ; μετὰ τῶν θηρίων εἶναι, Mk. i. 13; γογγύζειν μετ᾽ ἀλλήλων, Jn. νἱ. 48; σκηνὴ τοῦ θεοῦ μετὰ τ. ἀνθρώπων, Rev. xxi. 3; add, Mt. χχῖν. 51; xxvi.58; ΜΚ. xiv.54; Lk. xii.46; Jn. xviii. 5, 18; Acts i. 26, ete. b. trop.: μετὰ διωγμῶν, amid persecutions, Mk. x. 30 (μετὰ κινδύνων, amid perils, Thue. 1, 18); ἡ ἀγάπη μεθ᾽ ἡμῶν, love among us, mutual love, 1 Jn. iv. 17 [al. understand μεθ᾽ ἡμῶν here of the sphere or abode, and connect it with the verb; cf. De Wette, or Huther, or Westcott,inloc.]. Henceused 2. of association and companionship, with (Lat. cum; Germ. mit, often also δεῖ) ; a. after verbs of going, coming, departing, remaining, etc., w. the gen. of the associate or companion: Mt. xx. 20; xxvi. 36; Mk. i. 29; 111. 7; xi. 11; xiv.17; Lk. vi. 17: xiv. 81; Jn. iii. 22; xi. 54; Gal. 11. 1; Jesus the Mes siah it is said will come hereafter pera τῶν ἀγγέλων, Mt. xvi. 27; Mk. viii. 38; 1 Th. iii. 13; 2 Th. i. 7; on the other hand, w. the gen. of the pers. to whom one joins himself as a companion: Mt. v. 41; Mk. νυ. 24; Lk. ii. 51; Rev. xxii. 12; ἄγγελοι per’ αὐτοῦ, Mt. xxv. 31; pera τινος, contextually i. 4. with one as /eader, Mt. xxv. 10; xxvi. 47; Mk. xiv. 43; Acts vii. 45. περιπατεῖν μετά τινος, to associate with one as his follower and adherent, Jn. vi. 66; γίνομαι μ. Twos, to come into fellowship and intercourse with, become associated with, one: Mk. xvi. 10; Acts vii. 38; ix. 19; xx. 18. παραλαμβάνειν τινὰ μεθ᾽ ἑαυτοῦ, to take with or to one’s self as an attendant or companion: Mt. xii. 45; xviii. 16; Mk. xiv. 33; ἄγειν, 2 Tim. iv. 11; ἔχειν μεθ᾽ ἑαυτοῦ, to have with one’s self: τινά, Mt. xv. 30; xxvi. 11; Mk. ii. 19; xiv. 7; dn. xii. 8; τί, Mk. viii. 145 λαμβάνειν, Mt. xxv. 33 ἀκολουθεῖν μετά τινος, see ἀκολουθέω, 1 and 2, [ef. W. 233 sq. (219)]. Ὁ. εἶναι μετά twos is used in various senses, a. prop. of those who associate with one and accompany him wherever he goes: in which sense the disciples of Jesus are said to be (or to have been) with him, Mk. iii. 14; Mt. xxvi.69, 71; Lk. xxii. 59, cf. Mk. v.18; with ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς added, Jn. xv. 27; of those who at a particular time associate with one or accompany him anywhere, Mt. v. 25; Jn. iii. 26; ix.40; xii. 17; xx. 24,26; 2 Tim.iv.11; sometimes the ptep. ὦν, ὄντα, etc., must be added mentally: Mt. xxvi. 51; Mk. ix. 8; Jn. Xviil. 265 οἱ (ὄντες) pera τινος, his attendants or companions, Mt. xii. 4; Mk. ii. 25; Lk. vi. 3; Acts xx. 34; sc. ὄντες, Tit. iii. 15. Jesus says that he is or has been with his disciples, Jn. xiii. 33; xiv. 9; and that, to advise and help them, Jn. xvi. 4; Mt. xvii. 17, (Mk. ix. 19 and Lk. ix. 41 πρὸς ὑμᾶς), even as one whom they could be said to have with them, Mt. ix. 15; Lk. v. 34; just as he in turn desires that his disciples may hereafter be with himself, Jn. xvii. 24. ships also are said 10 be with one who is travelling by vessel, i. e. to attend him, Mk. iv. 36. β. trop. the phrase [0 be with, see b.] is used of God, if heis present to guide and help one: Jn. iii. 2; viii. 29; xvi.32; Acts vii.9; χ. 38: 2Co.xiii.11; Phil. iv. 9; with εἶναι omitted, Mt. i. 23; Lk. i. 28; Ro. xv. 33; here belongs ὅσα ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς per αὐτῶν sc. dv, by being present with them by his divine assistance [cf. W. 376 (353); Green p. 218], Acts xiv. 27; xv. 4, [ef. h. below]; and conversely, πληρώσεις pe εὐφροσύνης μετὰ τοῦ προσώπου σου 80. ὄντα, i. 6. being in thy presence [yet οἵ. W. 376 (352) note], Acts ii. 28 fr. Ps. xv. (xvi.) 11; ἡ χεὶρ κυρίου is used as a substitute for God himself (by a Hebraism [see χείρ, sub fin.]) in Lk. i. 66; Acts xi. 21; of Christ, who is to be present with his followers by his divine power and aid: Mt. xxviii. 20; Acts xviii. 10, (μένειν pera is used of the Holy Spirit as a perpetual helper, Jn. xiv.16 RG); at the close of the Epistles, the writers pray that there may be with the readers (i. e. always present to help them) —6 θεός, 2 Co. xiii. 11; —6 κύριος, 2 Th. iii. 16; 2 Tim. iv. 22;— ἡ χάρις τοῦ x. Ἰησοῦ Xp. (where ἔστω must be supplied [cf. W. § 64, 2b.; B.§ 129, 22]), Ro. xvi. 20, 24 [RG]; 1Co. xvi. 23; 2 Co. xiii. 18 (14); Gal. vi. 18; Phil.iv. 23; 1 Th. v. 28; 2 Th. iii. 18; Philem. 25; Rev. xxii. 21; —# χάρις simply, Eph. vi. 24; Col. iv.18; 1 Tim. vi. 21 (22); Tit. iii.15; Heb. xiii. 25; 2 ὅπ. 3; —9 ἀγάπη pov, 1 Co. xvi. 24; the same phrase is used also of truth, compared to a guide, 2 Jn. 2. yopp. to εἶναι κατά τινος, to be with one i.e. on one’s side: Mt. xii. 80; Lk. xi. 23, (and often in class. Grk.); similarly μένειν μετά τινος, to side with one steadfastly, 1 Jn. ii. 19. c. with the gen. of the person who is another’s associate either in acting or in his experiences; so after verbs of eating, drinking, supping, ete.: Mt. viii. 11; ix. 11; xxiv. 49; xxvi. 18, 23, 29; Mk. xiv. 18, 20; Lk. v. 30; vii. 36; xxii. 11, 15; xxiv.30; Jn. xiii. 18; Gal. ii. 12; Rev. iii. 20, ete. ; γρηγορεῖν, Mt. xxvi. 38,40; χαίρειν, κλαίειν, Ro. xii. 15; εὐφραίνεσθαι, Ro. xv. 10; παροικεῖν, Heb. xi. 9; δουλεύειν, Gal. iv. 25; βασιλεύειν, Rev. xx. 4, 6; ζῆν, Lk. ii. 36; ἀποθνήσκειν, In. xi. 16; βάλλεσθαι εἰς τὴν γῆν, Rev. xii. 9; κληρονομεῖν, Gal. iv. 30; συνάγειν, Mt. xii. 30; Lk. xi. 23,and otherexx. ἃ. with a gen. of the pers. with whom one (of two) does anything mutually or by turns: so after συναίρειν λόγον, to make a reckoning, settle accounts, Mt. xviii. 23; xxv. 19; συνάγεσθαι, Mt. xxviii. 12; Jn. xviii. 2; συμβούλιον ποιεῖν, Mk. iii. 6; λαλεῖν (see λαλέω, 5); συλλαλεῖν, Mt. xvii. 3; Acts xxv. 12; μοιχεύειν, Rev. ii. 22; μολύνεσθαι, Rev. xiv. 4; πορνεύειν, Rev. xvii. 2; xviii. 3,9; μερίζομαι, Lk. xii. 13; after verbs of disputing, waging war, contending at law: πολεμεῖν, Rev. ii. 16; xii. 7 (where Rec. κατά); xiii. 4; xvii. 14, (so for” Dy 0m), 1S. xvii. 33; 1 K. xii. 24, a usage foreign to the native Greeks, who say πολεμεῖν τινι, also πρός τινα, ἐπί τινα, to wage war against one; but πολεμεῖν μετά τινος, to wage war with one as an ally, in conjunction with, Thue. 1,18; Xen. Hell. 7,1, 27; [ef. B. § 133, 8; W. § 28,1; 214 (201); 406 (379) note]); πόλεμον ποιεῖν, Rev. xi. 7; xii. 17; xiii. 7; xix. 19, (soin Lat. bellare cum ete. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 33; bellum gerere, Cic. de divinat. 1,46); ζήτησις ἐγένετο, Jn. ili. 25; ζητεῖν, Jn. xvi. 19; κρίνεσθαι, κρίματα ἔχειν, 1 Co. vi. 6 sq.; after verbs and phrases which indicate mutual inclinations and pursuits, the entering into agreement or relations with, ete.; as εἰρηνεύειν, εἰρήνην διώκειν, Ro. xii. 18; 2 Tim. ii. 22; Heb. xii. 14; φίλος, Lk. xxxiii. 12; συμφωνεῖν, Mt. xx. 2; μερὶς μετά τινος, 2 Co. vi. 15; ἔχειν μέρος, Jn. xiii. 8; συγκατάθεσις, 2 Co. νἱ. 16; κοινωνίαν ἔχειν, 1 Jn. i. 3, 6 sq.; αἰτία (see the word, 3), Mt. xix. 10. e. of divers other associations of persons or things;— where the action or condition expressed by the verb refers to persons or things besides those specified by the dat. or ace. (somewhat rare in Grk. auth., as ἰσχύν τε καὶ κάλλος μετὰ ὑγιείας λαμβάνειν, Plat. rep. 9, p- 591 b. [ef. W. § 47, h.]): εἶδον (Rec. εὗρον) τὸ παιδίον μετὰ Μαρίας, Mt. ii. 11; ἀνταπυδοῦναι .... ipiv... ped ἡμῶν, 2 Th.i.6 sq.; after ἐκδέχεσθαι, 1 Co. xvi. 11; after verbs of sending, Mt. xxii. 16; 2 Co. viii. 18. ἀγάπη μετὰ πίστεως, Eph. vi. 23; ἐν πίστει. .. μετὰ σωφροσύνης, 1 Tim. ii. 15; ἡ εὐσέβεια μετὰ αὐταρκείας, 1 Tim. vi. 6; in this way the term which follows is associated as secondary with its predecessor as primary; but when καί stands between them they are co-ordinated. Col. i. 11; 1 Tim.i. 14. of mingling one thing with another, μίγνυμί τι μετά τινος (in class. auth. ri τινι [ef. B. § 133, 8]): Lk. xiii. 1; pass. Mt. xxvii. 34. f. with the gen. of mental feelings desires and emotions, of bodily movements, and of other acts which are so to speak the attendants of what is done or occurs; so that in this way | τὴν μετοικεσίαν Βαβ. Mt. i. 12; μ' τὴν θλίψιν, Mt. xxiv. the characteristic of the action or occurrence is described, — which in most cases can be expressed by a cognate adverb or participle [cf. W. ἃ. 5.1: μετὰ αἰδοῦς, 1 Tim. ii. 9; Heb. xii. 28 [Rec.]; αἰσχύνης, Lk. xiv. 9; ἡσυχίας, 2 Th. iii. 12; χαρᾶς, Mt. xiii. 20; Mk. iv. 16; τ νὴ 53. Χ Ἐ2: XXEV. Os) ἘΠΙΙ τ 29!) 1 ΠΗ ἃ. 6: Heb. x. 34; προθυμίας, Acts xvii. 11; φόβου x. τρόμου, 2 Co. vii. 15; Eph. vi.5; Phil. ii. 12; φόβου x. χαρᾶς, Mt. XXvili. 8; πραὔτητος x. φόβου, 1 Pet. iii. 16 (15); παρρησίας, Acts ii. 29; iv. 29, 31; xxviii. 31; Heb. iv. 16; εὐχαριστίας, Acts xxiv. 3; Phil. ἵν. ὁ; 1 Tim. iv. 3 sq.; ἀληθινῆς καρδίας, Heb. x. 22; ταπεινοφροσύνης κτλ., Eph. iv. 2; Acts xx. 19; ὀργῆς, Mk. iii. 5; εὐνοίας, Eph. vi. 7; Bias, Acts v.26; xxiv. 7 Rec.; μετὰ δακρύων, with tears, Mk. ix. 24 [Β G WH (rejected) mrg.]; Heb.v. 7; xii. 17, (Plat. apol. p. 34 c.); εἰρήνης, Acts xv. 33; Heb. xi. 51; ἐπιθέσεως τῶν χειρῶν, 1 Tim. iv. 14 [W.u.s.]; φωνῆς peydAns, Lk. xvii. 15; νηστειῶν, Acts xiv. 23; ὅρκου or ὁρκωμοσίας, Mt. xiv. 7; xxvi. 72; Heb. vii. 21; θορύβου, Acts xxiv. 18; παρακλήσεως, 2 Co. viii. 4; παρατηρήσεως, Lk. xvii. 20; σπουδῆς, Mk. vi. 25; Lk. i. 39; ὕβρεως x. ζημίας, Acts xxvii. 10; φαντασίας, xxv. 23; ἀφροῦ, Lk. ix. 39; to this head may be referred μετὰ κουστωδίας, posting the guard, Mt. xxvii. 66 [so W. (1. 6.) et al. (cf. Meyer ad loc.); others ‘in company with the guard’; cf. Jas. Morison ad loc.; Green p. 218]. g. after verbs of coming, departing, sending, with gen. of the thing with which one is furnished or equipped: μετὰ δόξης x. δυνάμεως, Mt. xxiv. 30; Mk. xiii. 26; Lk. xxi. 27; ἐξουσίας x. ἐπιτροπῆς, Acts XXVi. 12; μαχαιρῶν x. ξύλων, Mt. xxvi. 47,55; Mk. xiv. 43, 48; Lk. xxii. 52; φανῶν x. ὅπλων, Jn. xviii. 3; μετὰ σάλπιγγος, Mt. xxiv. 31 [ef. B. § 132,10]. where an instrumental dat. might have been used [cf. W. § 31, 8 d.], μετὰ βραχίονος ὑψηλοῦ ἐξάγειν τινά, Acts xiii. 17. ες in imitation of the Hebr.: ἔλεος ποιεῖν μετά τινος, to show mercy toward one, and μεγαλύνειν ἔλ. μ. τ. to magnify, show great, mercy toward one; see τὸ ἔλεος, 1. To this head many refer ὅσα ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς μετ᾽ αὐτῶν, Acts xiv. 27; xv. 4, but see above, 2 b. β. 11. with the Accusative [W. § 49, f.]; 1. prop. into the middle of, into the midst of, among, after verbs of coming, bringing, moving; so esp. in Hom. 2. it denotes (following accompaniment), sequence, i. e. the order in which one thing follows another ; a. in order of Place; after, behind, (so fr. Hom. down); once in the N. T. [W. u. 5.7: Heb. ix. 3 (Judith ii. 4). b. in order of Time; after (Sept. for Inxs, “INN, 7/2, ete.): μεθ᾽ ἡμέρας ἕξ, after six days (had passed), Mt. xvii. 1; Mk. ix. 2; add, Mt. xxvi. 2; Mk. xiv. 1 Ibe se OF LE τὸ 46, etc., ef. Fritzsche, Com. on Mt. p- 22 sq.3 per’ οὐ ποὰas ἡμέρας, Lk. χν. 18; μετά τινας ἡμ., Acts xv. 36; xxiv. 24; οὐ μετὰ πολλὰς ταύτας ἡμέρας, not long after these days [A. V. not many days hence], Acts i. 5, cf. De Wette ad loc. and W. 161 (152); [B. § 127, 4]; p. τρεῖς μῆνας, Acts xxviii. 11; . ἔτη τρία, Gal. i. 18, ete.; p. χρόνον πολύν, Mt. xxv. 19; μ. τοσοῦτον yp. Heb. iv. 7. added to the names of events or achievements, and of festivals: μ. 29; Mk. xiii. 24; add, Mt. xxvii. 53; Acts x. 37; xx. 290 2 Pet. 1. 15} μ. τὴν ἀνάγνωσιν, Acts xiii. 15; μ. μίαν x. δευτέραν νουθεσίαν, Tit. iii. 10; μ. τὸ πάσχα, Acts xii. 4 οἵ. xx. 6; with the names of persons or things having the notion of time associated with them: μετὰ τοῦτον, αὐτόν, ete., Acts v. 37; vii. δ; xiii. 25; xix. 4; μ. τὸν νόμον, Heb. vii. 28; μετὰ τὸ ψωμίον, after the morsel was taken, Jn. xiii. 27 [ef. B. § 147, 26]; foll. by the neut. demonstr. pron. [ef. W. 540 (503) ]: μετὰ τοῦτο, Jn. ii. 12; xi. 7, 11; xix. 28; Heb. ix. 27; [Rev. vii. 1 LT Tr WH]; pera ταῦτα [οἷ. W.162 (153) ], Mk. xvi. 12; Lk.v.27; x.1; xii. 4 [W. u.s.J; xvii. 8; xviii.4; Acts vii. 7; xiii. 20; xv. 16; xviii. 1; Jn. iii. 22; v.1, 143 vi. 1; vii. 1; xiii. 7; xix. 38; xxi. 1; Heb.iv.8; 1 Pet. 1.11; Rev.i.19; iv. 1; vii. 1 [Rec.], 95 ix. 12; xv. 5; xviii. 1; xix. 1; xx. 3, and very often in Grk. writ. it stands before the neut. of adjectives of quantity, measure, and time: per’ οὐ πολύ, not long after [R. V. after no long time], Acts xxvii. 14; μετὰ μικρόν, shortly after [A. V. after a little while}, Mt. xxvi. 73; Mk. xiv. 70; μετὰ βραχύ, Lk. xxii. 58; also before infinitives with the neut. art. (Lat. postquam with a finite verb, [ef. B. § 140,11; W. § 44, 6]);—the aorist inf.: Mt. xxvi. 32; Mk.i.14; xiv. 28; xvi.19; Lk. xii. 5; xxii. 20 [WH reject the pass.]; Acts i.3; vii.4; x. 41 xv. 15... exe 1; Conxi 2 be ΕΓΟΡῚ x26. III. In composition, μετά denotes 1. association, fellowship, participation, with: as in μεταδιδόναι, μεταλαμβάνειν, μετέχειν, μετοχή. 2. exchange, transfer, transmutation; (Lat. trans,Germ. um): μεταλλάσσω, μεταμέλομαι [ Prof. Grimm prob. means here peravoéw; see 3 and in μεταμέλομαι], μετοικίζω, μεταμορφόω, etc. 3. after: μεταμέλομαι. Cf. Viger. ed. Herm. p. 639.

μετά meta 469x

(1) gen., with, together with, Mt. 16:27; 12:41; 26:55; with, on the same side or party with, in aid of, Mt. 12:30; 20:20; with, by means of, Acts 13:17; with, of conflict, Rev. 11:7; with, among, Lk. 24:5; with, to, towards, Lk. 1:58, 72; (2) acc., after, of place, behind, Heb. 9:3; of time, after, Mt. 17:1; 24:29; followed by an infin. with the neut. article, after, after that, Mt. 26:32; Lk. 22:20

μετά (before vowel μετ’; on the neglect of elision in certain cases, V. WH, App., 146b), prep. c. gen., acc. (in poet, also c. dat.),

[in LXX for אֵת, עִם, אַחַד, etc.;].

C. gen., among, amid: Mk 1:13, Lk 22:37 (LXX, ἐν) 24:5, Jo 18:5, al.; διωγμῶν, Mk 10:30.

Of association and companionship, with (in which sense it gradually superseded σύν, than which it is much more freq. in NT; cf. Bl., § 42, 3): c. gen. pers., Mt 8:11 20:20, Mk 1:29 3:7, Lk 5:30, Jo 3:22, Ga 2:1, al. mult.; εἶναι μετά, Mt 5:25, Mk 3:14, al.; metaph., of divine help and guidance, Jo 3:2, Ac 7:9, Phl 4:9, al.; opp. to εἶναι κατά, Mt 12:30, Lk 11:23; in Hellenistic usage (but v. M, Pr., 106, 246 f.), πολεμεῖν μετά = cl. π., c. dat., to wage war against (so LXX for נִלְחַם עִם, I Ki 17:33), Re 2:16, al.; c. gen. rei, χαρᾶς, Mt 13:20, Mk 4:16, al.; ὀργῆς, Mk 3:5, al.

C. acc., of place, behind, after: He 9:3.

Of time, after: Mt 17:1, Mk 14:1, Lk 1:24, Ac 1:5, Ga 1:18, al.; μετὰ τοῦτο, Jo 2:12, al.; ταῦτα, Mk 16:[12], Lk 5:27, Jo 3:22, al; c. inf. artic. (Bl., § 71, 5; 72, 3), Mt 26:32, Mk 1:14, al.

In composition, of association or community: μεταδίδωμι, μετέχω, etc.

Exchange or transference: μεταλλάσσω, μετοικίζω, etc.

after: μεταμέλομαι.

μετά. In the NT (as in classical prose) μετά is construed only with the gen. and the acc., and the various shades of meaning connected with these two usages can be readily illustrated from our sources. (1) c. gen.—(a) For the ordinary meaning ‘‘ with,” ‘in company with,” we may cite P Eleph 11° (B.c. 311-10) (= Selections, p. 4) τοὶ pera Δημητρίας, “those acting with Demetria,’’ P Tebt I. 3519 (B.C. 111) ὃς κ[α]ὶ μεθ᾽ ὑμῶν ὑπὸ | τὴν ἐντολὴν e(om.) ὑπογράφει, ‘* who shall append his signature to the edict together with yours ” (Edd.), P Amh IT. 1355} | (early 1i/A.D.) ἐρρῶσθαί σε ed ) μετὰ τῶν τέ δ: A parallel to this &r. εἰρ. = ‘‘partition-wall” (Eph 214). (early ΠΑ: ἐρρῷσθαύσε etx (ou) here rey τευ ΠΣ a pray for your health and for that of your children” (Edd.), P Oxy III. 5314 (ii/A.D.) ἡδέως σε ἀσπαζόμεθα πάντες οἱ ἐν (= Selections, p. 102) καλῶς ἐποίησες οὐκ ἀπένηχές (/, ἀπήνεγκες) με μετ᾽ ἐσοῦ εἰς πόλιν, “50 kind of you not to have taken me along with you to the city !”—a schoolboy to his father. For the collocation peta καί, as in Phil 45, cf. BGU IL. 412° (iv/a.D.) προσῆλθέν μοι Aavvots χήρα οὖσα μετὰ καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ ἑαυτῆς : see Deissmann BS p. 265 f. (b) Closely associated with this is the meaning ‘‘in the | employment of,” e.g. P Passalacqua® (iii/B.c.) (= Witkowski®, p. 53) Φίλωνος ἀδελφὸς τοῦ μετὰ Λύσιδος ἐπιστολογράφου, ‘brother of Philon, the employe of Lysis the epistolographer ’: cf. BGU I. 2715 (ii/iii A.D.) (cf. p. 353) ὥστε ἕως σήμερον pydeva<v> ἀπολελύσθαι τῶν μετὰ σίτου, “*so that up till to-day no one of us in the corn-service has been let go.” (c) For μετά indicating manner, cf. P Petr II. 19 (1a)? (petition of a prisoner—iii/B.C.) ἀξιῶ oe μετὰ δεήσεως Kal ἱκετείας οὕνεκα τοῦ θεοῦ kal τοῦ καλῶς ἔχοντος, “1 beseech you with prayer and supplication in the name of God and of fair play,’’ P Lond 4417 (B.c, 161) (= I. p. 34) μεθ᾽ ἡσυχίας (2 Thess 3132) ἀναλύειν, P Oxy II. 292° (c. A.D. 25) παρακαλῶ σε μετὰ πάσης δυνάμεως ἔχειν αὐτὸν συνεσταμένον (cf. Lk 14}8f), and OG/S 5610 (B.c. 237) τὴν ἐπιμέλειαν διὰ παντὸς ποιοῦνται μετὰ μεγάλης δαπάνης kal χορηγίας. (4) With this may be compared the gen. of eguzpment (as in Mt 2647 a/.) in the instructions to wear a befitting costume for an official function, P Oxy I. 12338 (iii/iv A.D.) εἰσβαίνων οὖν μετὰ τῆς αἰσθῆτος (/. ἐσθῆτος) γνώτω ὁ ἐρχόμενος ἵνα

μετά (meta) — with/after. μετά [ᾰ, but ᾱ in [Refs 5th c.BC+]], poetry μεταί, uncertain, only in μεταιβολί; Aeolic dialect, Doric dialect, [Refs 4th c.AD+]: 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+] with one, [Refs 5th c.BC+], i.e. among no men, [Refs] __A.II in common, along with, by aid of (implying a closer union than σύν), μ. Βοιωτῶν ἐμάχοντο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; συνδιεπολέμησαν τὸν πόλεμον μ. Ἀθηναίων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. τῆς βουλῆς in co-operation with the council, [Refs 8th c.BC+] with, i.e. by aid of, Athena, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μ. τινὸς πάσχειν, δρᾶν τι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. τινὸς εἶναι to be on one's side, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, with, together with, with substantive in singular first in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ μ. τινός his companions, [NT+5th c.BC+] C. and the Athenians, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of things, in conjunction with, ἰσχύν τε καὶ κάλλος μετὰ ὑγιείας [Refs 5th c.BC+] __A.III later, in one's dealings with, ὅσα ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς μετ᾽ αὐτῶν [NT+2nd c.AD+]: even of hostile action, σὺ ποιεῖς μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ πονηρίαν [LXX+NT+2nd 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+]; ψυχὴν ὁσίως βεβιωκυῖαν καὶ μετ᾽ ἀληθείας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, by means of, μετ᾽ ἀρετῆς πρωτεύειν [Refs 5th c.BC+] __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+]; μετ᾽ ἀνοκωχῆς during.., [Refs] __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+] __B.I.1 of persons, among, in company with, μετ᾽ ἀθανάτοισι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μ. τριτάτοισιν ἄνασσεν in the third generation (not μ. τριτάτων belonging to it), [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of haranguing an assembly, μετ᾽ Ἀργείοις ἀγορεύεις [Refs]; between, of two parties, φιλότητα μετ᾽ ἀμφοτέροισι βάλωμεν [Refs] __B.I.2 of things, μ. νηυσίν, ἀστράσι, κύμασιν, [Refs 8th c.BC+] __B.I.3 of separate parts of persons, between, μ. χερσὶν ἔχειν to hold between, i.e. in, the hands, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅς κεν.. πέσῃ μ. ποσσὶ γυναικός, of a child being born, 'to fall between her feet', [Refs] __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+]; Οὖτιν.. πύματον ἔδομαι μ. οἷς ἑτάροισι last to complete the number, i.e. after, [Refs 8th c.BC+] __B.III with dative singular, only of collective Nouns (or the equivalent of such, μεθ᾽ αἵματι καὶ κονίῃσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+] __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+]; of things, εἴ τινα φεύγοντα σαώσειαν μ. νῆας [Refs]; με μ... ἔριδας καὶ νείκεα βάλλει plunges me into them, [Refs]; of place, μ. τ᾽ ἤθεα καὶ νομὸν ἵππων [Refs]; δράγματα μετ᾽ ὄγμον πῖπτον into the midst of the furrow, [Refs] __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+] to go after, pursue him, [Refs]; also of things, πλεῖν μ. χαλκόν to sail in quest of it, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἵκηαι μ. πατρὸς ἀκουήν in search of news of thy father, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πόλεμον μέτα θωρήσσοντο they armed for the battle, [Refs]; ὡπλίζοντο μεθ᾽ ὕλην prepared to seek after wood, [Refs] __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+]; μ. τὴν θάλασσαν beyond, on the far side of the sea, [Refs] __C.II.2 of Time, after, next to, μ. δαῖτας [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μεθ᾽ Ἕκτορα πότμος ἑτοῖμος after Hector thy death is at the door, [Refs 8th c.BC+]thereupon, there-after, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μετ᾽ ὀλίγον ὕστερον shortly after, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; μ. χρυσόθρονον ἠῶ after daybreak, [Refs] by day, opposed to νυκτός, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μεθ᾽ ἡμέραν, opposed to νύκτωρ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. τὸν ἑξέτη καὶ τὴν ἑξέτιν after the boy or girl has attained the age of six years, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __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+]: where superlative is implied, ὃς πᾶσι μετέπρεπε.. μ. Πηλεΐωνος ἑταῖρον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μ. μάκαρας next to the gods, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; also μάχεσθαι μ. πολλοὺς τῶν Ἑλλήνων to be inferior in fighting to many.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+] __C.III after, according to, μ. σὸν καὶ ἐμὸν κῆρ as you and I wish, [Refs 8th c.BC+] __C.IV generally, among, between, as with dative (B.I), μ. πάντας ὁμήλικας ἄριστος best among all, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μ. τοὺς τετελευτηκότας including those who have died, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; μ. χεῖρας ἔχειν [Refs 5th c.BC+] __D μετά with all cases can be put after its substantive, and is then by anastrophe μέτα, [Refs 8th c.BC+], but not when the ultima is elided, [Refs 8th c.BC+] __E absolutely as adverb., among them, with them, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; with him, οὐκ οἶον, μ. καὶ Γανυμήδεα [Refs 3rd c.BC+] __E.II and then, next afterwards, opposed to πρόσθε, [Refs 8th c.BC+] __E.III thereafter,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. γάρ τε καὶ ἄλγεσι τέρπεται ἀνήρ one feels pleasure even in troubles, when past, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μ. δέ, for ἔπειτα δέ, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __F μέτα, -μέτεστι, [Refs 8th c.BC+] __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.