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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 ἀθανασία_ς
the human race has received a portion of immortality
P. L. 721b, σί_του κοινωνεῖν
to take a share of food
X. M. 2.6.22, δικαιοσύνης οὐδὲν ὑ_μῖν προσήκει
you have no concern in righteous dealing
X. H. 2.4.40, πολι_τεία_, 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.
Herbert Weir Smyth [
n.d.],
A Greek Grammar for Colleges; Machine readable text [
info] [
word count] [
Smyth].
