A.“μεθέξω” Th.8.86, later μεθέξομαι (3sg. misspelt μεθέξετε) IG3.1427: pf. “μετέσχηκα” Hdt.3.80:—partake of, share in:— Constr.:
1. mostly c. gen. rei only, κακοτάτων, βρόδων, Alc.l.c., Sapph.68.2; ἀγαθῶν , κ α κ ῶν , βίου, Thgn.82, 354, cf.A.Pr.333; τ ῆς τ ο ῦ Μάγου ὕβριος Hdt.l.c.; μ . τ ο ῦ λόγου to be in the secret, Id.1.127; “τ ο ῦ ἔργου” And.1.62: c. gen. pers., μ . τ ῶν πεντακισχιλίων to be members of the 5,000, Th.l.c.; μ . τ ῆς πόλεως, τ ῆς πολιτείας, Lys.6.48, 30.15; “ἐκκλησίας” Arist.Pol. 1282a29; also “ἐκ τ ο ῦ ἑν ὸς ἄρτου μ .” 1 Ep.Cor.10.17: with dat. pers. added, μ . τινός τ ι ν ι partake of something in common with another, “ο ὔ ο ἱ μ . θράσεος” Pi.P.2.83; “πόνων μ . Ἡρακλέει” E. Heracl.8; “τ ῶν α ὐτ ῶν ἔργων Ἐρατοσθένει μ .” Lys.12.58; “μ . ἱε ρ ῶν κ α ὶ θ υ σ ι ῶν τ ι σ ι ” X.HG2.4.20; “μ . τ ῶν ἴσ ω ν τισί” Id.Cyr.2.1.15, cf. Pl.Lg.805d; “κινδύνων” Plb.3.16.3; also “ξ ὺν σ ο ὶ μ ε τ ε ῖχ ο ν τ ῶν ἴσ ω ν ” S.El.1168.
2. freq. the part or share is added, “τ ο ῦ πεδίου ο ὐκ ἐλαχίστην μ ο ῖρ α ν μ .” Hdt.1.204; “μ . τάφου μέρος” A.Ag.507, cf.Ar.Pl.226, Lys.31.5; “π λ ε ῖστόν σ ο υ μέρος μεθέξομεν” X.Cyr.7.5.54.
3. c. acc. rei, μ . τ ὸ ἴσ ο ν (sc. μέρος) τ ῶν ἀγαθῶν τ ι ν ι ib.7.2.28, cf. E.Fr.787; “μ . τ ὰς ἴσας π λ η γ ὰς ἐμοί” Ar.Pl.1144; “μ . τ ι ν ὶ τ ὴν μερίδα” PPetr.3p.67 (iii B.C.).
7. abs., to be a partner, PRev.Laws14.11 (iii B.C.); ο ἱ μετέχοντες the partners, accomplices, Hdt.8.132.