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παραλλ-ᾰγή

parallage · ἡ

passing from hand to hand, transmission

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παραλλ-ᾰγή · parall-agē — LSJ

passing from hand to hand, transmission, change of position, movement

passing from hand to hand, transmission, πυρὸς παραλλαγαί A. Ag. 490 ; change of position, movement, τὸ τάχος τῆς π., of the sunʼs apparent motion, Str. 17.3.10.

b passing beyond

Astrol., of a heavenly body, passing beyond the degree occupied by another, Antioch.Astr. in Cat.Cod.Astr. 8(3).113.

2 alternation, alternate movements

alternation, μυῶν παραλλαγαὶ καὶ νεύρων their alternate movements, Hp. Art. 30 ; παραλλαγὰς τοῖς ποσὶν ἐποίουν, of dancers, Critias 36.

3 distortion, contortion, twisting

distortion of the vertebrae, Hp. Art. 48 ; contortion, twisting, of wood, Thphr. HP 5.1.12 (pl.).

4 interchange, interchange

interchange, διανοίας πρὸς αἴσθησιν π. interchange of intellect and sense, putting one for the other, Pl. Tht. 196c; π. προσώπων, πτώσεως, A.D. Pron. 110.3, Synt. 214.9.

II difference between

difference between things, ποιεῖν τινα π. εὐοσμίας καὶ ἀοσμίας Thphr. HP 6.6.5 ; μεγάλας τὰς π. ποιεῖσθαι περί τι Plb. 6.7.5 ; μεγάλην ἔχειν π. D.S. 5.37, cf. Plot. 3.1.5 ; ἡ π. βραχεῖα Phld. Po. 2.5 ; ἡ π. ἡ [τοῦ ἀνθρώπου] πρὸς τὰ ἄλογα Arr. Epict. 2.8.3 ; κάλλους πρὸς αἶσχος ib. 2.23.32.

III variety, variation, change

variety, variation, Thphr. HP 2.3.2 ; μεγεθῶν Epicur. Ep. 1p.15U. (pl.), al., cf. Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.182, Ep.Jac. 1.17, Cleom. 1.7 ; γραμμῶν καὶ γωνιῶν Theol.Ar. 63 ; change of meaning, παραλλαγῶν κατὰ σύμβολον γινομένων Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.258, cf. 3.33.

IV frenzy, madness, perturbation

frenzy, madness, ἐν π. γενέσθαι LXX 4 Ki. 9.20 ; π. ψυχῆς perturbation of soul, Iamb. VP 25.111.

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