μεθίστημι Causal, in pres. and imperf., fut. and aor1, to place in another way, to change, μεταστήσω τοι ταῦτα I will give thee another present instead of this, Od.; μ. τὰ νόμιμα πάντα Hdt.; ὄνομα etc., Eur. c. gen. partit., οὐ μεθίστησι τοῦ χρώματος he changes nothing of his colour, Ar. of persons, to set free, νόσου from disease, Soph.; κακῶν, ὕπνου Eur. to remove, Eur., Thuc.:—so in aor1 mid., μεταστήσασθαι to remove from oneself or from oneʼs presence, Hdt., Thuc., etc. Pass., aor1 μετεστάθην [ᾰ], with aor2, perf., and plup. act.: to stand among or in the midst of, ἑτάροισι μεθίστατο Il. to change oneʼs position, remove, depart, Hdt., Attic; μ. τυράννοις ἐκποδών to make way for them, Eur. c. gen. rei, to change or cease from, κότου Aesch.; λύπης, κακῶν Eur.; μ. βίου to die, Eur.; μ. φρενῶν to go mad, Eur. to go over to another party, to revolt, Thuc. of things, to change, alter, sometimes for the better, τῆς τύχης εὖ μετεστεώσης Hdt.; or for the worse, δαίμων μεθέστηκε στρατῷ fortune hath changed for the army, Aesch.