μετέρχομαι

1. to come or go among others, with dative plural or absolute, (Homer); μετελθών having gone between the ranks , (Iliad by Homer)

2. to go to another place , (Iliad by Homer): simply to come next, follow , (Pindar)

3. with accusative to go after, to go to seek, go in quest of (Iliad by Homer), attic: generally, to seek for, aim at , (Euripides)

4. in hostile sense, to pursue , (Iliad by Homer), attic: with accusative rei, to seek to avenge , (Aeschulus Tragicus):—;then with double accusative of persons or things, μ. τι τινά to visit a crime upon a person, (Euripides)

5. of things, to go after, attend to, to pursue a business, (Homer), attic

6. to approach with prayers , Lat. adire, prosequi, τινα (Herdotus Historicus): to court or woo , (Pindar) (ML)