ἀμείβω From Root !μειβ, or !μευ, with α prefixed, cf. ἀμεύομαι Lat. MOV-eo. Act. to change, exchange, ἔντεʼ ἄμειβεν Il.; ἀμ. τί τινος, as γόνυ γουνὸς ἀμείβων changing one knee for the other, i. e. walking slowly, Il.:—and so, either to give in exchange, τεύχεʼ ἄμειβε χρύσεα χαλκείων exchanged golden armour for brasen, Il.; or to take in exchange, πόσιν ἀντὶ σᾶς ἀμεῖψαι ψυχᾶς to redeem him at the price of thine own life, Eur. of place, to change it, and so to pass, cross, Aesch., Eur.: —then, either to pass out of a place, leave it, or to pass into, enter it, Hdt., Attic simply, to change, alter, χρῶτα oneʼs colour, Aesch. Causal, to make others change, τεύχεʼ ἄμειβον Il.: to pass on, hand on from one to another, Eur. like Mid. I. 3, to repay, return, ἀμ. χάριν Aesch. intr. in part., ἀμείβοντες, οἱ, interchangers, i. e. the rafters that meet and cross each other, Il.; ἐν ἀμείβοντι ἀμοιβαδίς, Pind. ἀμείβει καινὸν ἐκ καινῶν one new thing comes on after others, Eur. Mid. to change one with another, ἀμειβόμενοι by turns, alternately, Hom.: to come in turn, Eur. often of dialogue, to answer one another, Od.; often in part. ἀμειβόμενος, answering, in answer, Hom.; c. acc., ἀμ. τινα μύθωι, μύθοις, ἐπέεσσι Hom.; even, ταῦτα τοὺς φίλους ἠμείψατο Hdt. to repay, requite, δώροισιν ἀμ. τινα Od.; χρηστοῖσι Hdt.; also c. acc. et dat. rei, ἀμ. εὐεργεσίας χάρισιν Xen. to get in exchange, λώιους φρένας τῶν νῦν παρουσῶν Soph. like Act. to change a place, to pass either out of or into, Hom., etc.