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παρά-βᾰσις

parabasis · ἡ

going aside, escape

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παρά-βᾰσις · para-basis — LSJ

going aside, escape, deviation, digression

going aside, escape, παραίβασις ἔσσετʼ ὀλέθρου A.R. 4.832; deviation, v.l. in Arist. Pol. 1307b33, cf. Plu. QConv. 2.649b (pl.); digression, Str. 1.2.2, Longin. 12.5 (pl.).

2 walking

of the action of walking, π. καὶ παράλλαξις σκελῶν Plu. Phil. 6.

3 transition, passage

transition, passage, Demetr.Lac. Herc. 1012.31.

II overstepping, transgression, error, illusion

overstepping, ὅρων Plu. Sanit. 2.122e; ἔθους Str. 12.8.9; τοῦ πατρίου νόμου J. AJ 18.8.2; τῶν δικαίων παραβάσεις Plu. Comp.Ages.Pomp. 1: abs., transgression, LXX 4 Ki. 2.24, Ep.Gal. 3.19, Plu. Apophth. Lac. 2.209a, QConv. 746c, etc.; error, illusion, Epicur. Nat. 11.7; cf. παραβασία.

III parabasis, in which the Chorus came forward

parabasis, a part of the Old Comedy, in which the Chorus came forward (cf. παραβαίνω IV) and addressed the audience in the Poetʼs name, Plu. QConv. 2.711f, Heph. Poëm. 8, Sch. Ar. Pax 733, etc.

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