Sharing

The genitive is used with verbs of sharing.

πάντες μετεῖχον τῆς ἑορτῆς all took part in the festival X. A. 5.3.9, μετεδίδοσαν ἀλλήλοις ὧν (= τούτων ἃ) εἶχον ἕκαστοι they shared with each other what each had 4. 5. 6, τὸ ἀνθρώπινον γένος μετείληφεν ἀθανασίᾱς the human race has received a portion of immortality P. L. 721b, σῑ́του κοινωνεῖν to take a share of food X. M. 2.6.22, δικαιοσύνης οὐδὲν ῡ̔μῖν προσήκει you have no concern in righteous dealing X. H. 2.4.40, πολῑτείᾱ, ἐν ᾗ πένησιν οὐ μέτεστιν ἀρχῆς a form of government in which the poor have no part in the management of affairs P. R. 550c. So with μεταλαγχάνειν get a share (along with somebody else), συναίρεσθαι and κοινοῦσθαι take part in, μεταιτεῖν and μεταποιεῖσθαι demand a share in.

Sharing (1343).—σοφίᾱς μέτοχος partaking in wisdom P. L. 689d, ἰσόμοιροι πάντων having an equal share in everything X. C. 2.1.31, ὕβρεως ἄμοιρος having no part in wantonness P. S. 181c. So <*>κληρος without lot in, ἀμέτοχος not sharing in.