παράληψις (paralepsis)

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What it meant

παράληψις · paralēpsis — LSJ

receiving from another, succession to, taking over, receiving

receiving from another, succession to, ἡ π. τῆς ἀρχῆς Plb. 2.3.1 ; τῆς βασιλείας OGI 90.45 (Rosetta, ii B. C.), Phld. Piet. 94, D.S. 15.95 ; τῆς οὐσίας Ath. 5.218c ; τῶν πόλεων D.C. 36.18 ; opp. παράδοσις, SIG 880.71 (Pizus, iii A. D.): Astrol., taking over, [τῆς χρονοκρατορίας] Vett.Val. 168.18 (pl.): generally, receiving, τὴν παρὰ τῶν μελιττῶν τοῦ καρποῦ π. Porph. Abst. 2.13.

b receipt

receipt of dues, customs, etc., ἡ π. τῶν ἐκφορίων PAmh. 2.35.15 (ii B. C.); ἐλαίου Sammelb. 4425 vii7 (ii A. D.).

c appropriation, filching

appropriation, filching, Plb. 2.46.2.

2 calling in, appeal

μετὰ θείας π. with a calling in of, appeal to the gods, Arist. Rh.Al. 1432a33.

3 tradition, doctrine

tradition, doctrine, τεχνική τις π. Arr. Epict. 2.11.2 ; ἑκάστου σχήματος π. Iamb. VP 5.22.

4 use, employment, application

use, employment, τῶν δεινοτάτων θυμάτων Porph. Abst. 2.7 ; καθαρμῶν Hierocl. in CA 26p.478M.; ἀμφορέων Porph. Antr. 3 : Medic., application, ἀλειμμάτων Alex.Trall.1.15, cf. Archig. ap. Aët. 12.1. Cf. παράλαμψις.

In the wild

παραλήψεως · paralēpseōs Epictetus, Discourses 2.11 (DIORISIS sentence 2416)

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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