ἐναλλ-άσσω (enallasso)

Where it lives

Ajax 2 · 2.54/10k
Discourses 2 · 0.27/10k
Enneads 2 · 0.09/10k
History 1 · 0.07/10k

What it meant

ἐναλλ-άσσω · enall-assō — LSJ

exchange, pay for, undergo, to assume, turned aside, diverted

exchange, φόνον θανάτῳ ἐ., i.e. pay for murder by death, E. Andr. 1028 (lyr.); μεταβολὰς ἐ. undergo changes, Plb. l.c.; παντοίας μορφὰς ἐ. to assume . ., Apollod. 2.5.11: c. inf., ἐνήλλαξεν θεὸς τὴν τοῦδʼ ὕβριν πρὸς μῆλα . . πεσεῖν turned aside, diverted his fury so as to fall upon the sheep, S. Aj. 1060.

2 cross, cross one another

cross, τὼ πόδε Philostr. Im. 2.7; also intr., cross one another, of veins and arteries, Arist. PA 668b21.

3 exchange domicile

Astrol., exchange domicile, of planets, Vett.Val. 73.15.

4 have reversed

ἐχρῆν ἐνηλλαχέναι one should have reversed the statement, Phld. l.c.

II give in exchange, receive in exchange, change, hath, received?

give in exchange, τι ἀντί τινος App. BC 3.27, 5.12:—Med., receive in exchange, τί δʼ ἐνήλλακται τῆς ἡμερίας νὺξ ἥδε βάρος; what heavy change from the day hath this night received? S. Aj. 208, cf. Ph. 2.638.

III to be interarticulated, employs, interchangeably

Pass., to be interarticulated, ἄρθρα ἐνηλλαγμένα Hp. Art. 46; also τὸ μέτρον τοῖς δισυλλάβοις ἐναλλάσσεται the metre employs the various disyllabic feet interchangeably, Anon.Metr. Oxy. 220 iii 13.

2 have commercial relations with

have commercial relations with, ὅσοι Ἀθηναίοις ἤδη ἐνηλλάγησαν Th. 1.120.

In the wild

ἐναλλάξασαι · enallaxasai Epictetus, Discourses 2.1 (DIORISIS sentence 1807)
ἐνάλλασσε · enallasse Epictetus, Discourses 3.6 (DIORISIS sentence 4086)
ἐνηλλαγμένως · enēllagmenōs Plotinus, Enneads 3.7 (DIORISIS sentence 2167)
ἐνηλλαγμένως · enēllagmenōs Plotinus, Enneads 3.7 (DIORISIS sentence 2168)
ἐνήλλαξεν · enēllaxen Sophocles, Ajax 1060–1061
ἐνήλλακται · enēllaktai Sophocles, Ajax 208–209

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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