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ἀλληγορ-ία

allegoria · ἡ

allegory, veiled language

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What it meant

ἀλληγορ-ία · allēgor-ia — LSJ

allegory, veiled language, allegorical exposition

allegory, veiled language, Cic. Att. 2.20.3 (pl.) :—allegorical exposition of mythical legends, Plu. Aud.poet. 2.19e ; κατʼ ἀλληγορίαν Longin. 9.7.

II figurative, metaphorical language

figurative, metaphorical language, Demetr. Eloc. 99, Cic. Orat. 27.94, Quint. Inst. 8.6.44 ; χρῆσθαι μεταφοραῖς ἢ -γορίαις Phld. Rh. 1.174 S., cf. 164 S.

Where it came from

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