LOGOI

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ἀλλοι-όω

alloioo

change, alter

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 27 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἀλλοι-όω · alloi-oō — LSJ

change, alter

change, alter, φύσιν Hp. Praec. 9 ; τροφὴν ἐς τὸ γάλα Id. Gland. 16, Pl. R. 381a, etc.

2 represent as ἀλλοῖος

represent as ἀλλοῖος (q. v.), Plot. 3.6.3.

II become different, be changed, undergo an alteration

Pass., fut. -ωθήσομαι Gal. UP 8.6, etc., but -ώσομαι ib. 10.1:—become different, be changed, Hp. Vict. 1.4, etc.; ἀλλοιοῦσθαι τὴν γνώμην Th. 2.59; τῇ ὄψει X. Cyn. 9.4; ἀλλοίωσιν ἀλλοιοῦσθαι undergo an alteration, Pl. Tht. 181d; rare in Poetry, ὄλοιντʼ ἰδοῦσαι τούσδʼ ἂν ἠλλοιωμένους E. Supp. 944.

2 to be estranged

to be estranged, D.C. 37.11.

3 to be changed for the worse

to be changed for the worse, X. Cyr. 3.3.9, Euphro 10, LXX La. 4.1.

4 to be confused in mind

to be confused in mind, ὑπὸ τῆς μέθης Plb. 8.27.5.

5 disguise oneself

disguise oneself, LXX 3 Ki. 14.2.

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