μετά

μετά

See also: μέτα, μετα-, and μετά-

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μεθ’ (meth’) – apocopic, before rough breathing
• μετ’ (met’) – apocopic, before smooth breathing
• μέτα (méta) – paroxytone
• πεδᾰ́ (pedá) – Aeolic, Arcadocypriot

Etymology

Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀕𐀲 (me-ta); further derivation is uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *meth₂, with the first part from *me (“with”), in which case cognates include Proto-Germanic *midi and Albanian mjet. See also μέχρι (mékhri, “until”) and μέσος (mésos, “middle”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /me.tá/ → /meˈta/ → /meˈta/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /me.tá/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /meˈta/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /meˈta/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /meˈta/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /meˈta/

Preposition

μετᾰ́ • (metá) (governs the genitive, dative, and accusative)

1. (+ genitive)
   1. in the midst of, among, between, with
   2. in common, along with, by aid of
   3. concerning one's dealings with
   4. (rare) at the same time
2. (+ dative, only in poetry, usually Epic)
   1. between, among
   2. besides, over and above
3. (+ accusative)
   1. as a movement into
      1. in pursuit of
   2. of sequence or succession
      1. (of a place) after, behind
      2. (time) after
      3. (worth, rank) next, after
   3. after, according to
   4. among, between

Adverb

μετᾰ́ • (metá)

1. among them, with them
2. afterwards
3. thereafter

Derived terms

• μετᾰ- (meta-)

Descendants

• ⇒ Greek: με (me)

Further reading

• “μετά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μετά”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “μετά”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• μετά in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• μετά in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “μετά”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G3326 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• μετά in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • after idem, page 17.
  • attack idem, page 49.
  • conjunction idem, page 160.
  • count idem, page 177.
  • danger idem, page 194.
  • number idem, page 563.
  • reckon idem, page 679.
  • since idem, page 777.
  • war idem, page 962.
  • with idem, page 983.
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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Greek

Alternative forms

• (contraction): μετ’ (met’)
• (contraction): μεθ’ (meth’)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [me̞ˈta]
• Hyphenation: με‧τά

Adverb

μετά • (metá)

1. afterwards, later

   Θα το συζητήσουμε μετά. ― Tha to syzitísoume metá. ― We will discuss it later.

2. (with από and accusative): after

   Μετά από πέντε λεπτά, ήρθε το λεωφορείο. ― Metá apó pénte leptá, írthe to leoforeío. ― After five minutes the bus came.

Conjunction

μετά • (metá)

1. so, therefore (for consecutive statements)

   Μας έχει ξεγελάσει τόσες φορές. Μετά, πώς να του έχουμε εμπιστοσύνη;

   Mas échei xegelásei tóses forés. Metá, pós na tou échoume empistosýni?

   We have been deceived so often. So how can we have confidence in him?

Preposition

μετά • (metá)

1. (with accusative): after

   Μετά το δείπνο, έπεσα για ύπνο. ― Metá to deípno, épesa gia ýpno. ― After dinner I went to sleep.

   Το γράμμα βήτα έρχεται μετά το άλφα. ― To grámma víta érchetai metá to álfa. ― The letter beta comes after alpha.

2. (with genitive): with (accompanying)

   Ήλθε μετά της συζύγου του. ― Ílthe metá tis syzýgou tou. ― He came with his wife

3. (with genitive): with (manner)

   μετά τιμής ― metá timís ― yours sincerely (literally, “with honour”)