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παραλλ-άσσω

parallasso

cause to alternate

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παραλλ-άσσω · parall-assō — LSJ

cause to alternate, make the alternate, stand contrary ways, make, overlap, cross, having transposed, transpose, interchange, transposes, overlap

cause to alternate, π. τοὺς ὀδόντας make the alternate teeth of the saw stand contrary ways, Thphr. HP 5.6.3 ; π. τὰς ἀρχάς make the ends [of the bandages] overlap or cross, Hp. Fract. 29 ; παραλλάξας having transposed [the two], Pl. Tht. 193c ; π. τῶν αἰσθήσεων τὰ σημεῖα transpose, interchange the impressions received from the senses, ib. 194d ; ἐὰν παραλλάξῃ τὴν τομήν transposes the caesura, Heph. 15.18 :—Pass., overlap, of the ends of broken bones, Hp. Fract. 31 ; ὀδόντες παρηλλαγμένοι (in pe

2 change, alter, alter for the worse, twist, to be altered, strange, extraordinary, peculiar

change, alter, ὀλίγα π. Hdt. 2.49 ; μίαν μόνον συλλαβὴν π. Aeschin. 3.192, cf. Arist. Top. 119a15 ; esp. alter for the worse, π. φρένας χρηστάς S. Ant. 298 ; twist, τὸν λόγον Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.258 :—freq. in Pass., to be altered, πολὺ παρηλλάχθαι τὴν ἔξοδον πρὸς τὸν εἰθισμένον καιρόν Plb. 5.56.11, etc.; τὸ κίνημα παρηλλαγμένον τῆς συνηθείας Id. 7.17.7 : hence παρηλλαγμένος, η, ον, strange, extraordinary, Id. 2.29.1, 3.55.1; παρηλλαγμένους τοῖς μεγέθεσιν ὄφεις D.S. 17.90 ; ὑποδήματα π. peculiar f

3 pass by, beyond, elude, avoid, get rid of

of Place, pass by or beyond, ἐνέδραν X. HG 5.1.12, Plb. 5.14.3, etc.; ὅταν τὸ ὕδωρ παραλλάξῃ τὸ χωρίον D. 55.17 ; elude, avoid, Plu. Cam. 25 ; so Astrol., τὴν διάμετρον ἀκτῖνα π. Vett.Val. 142.5 ; also, get rid of, διακρούσασθαι καὶ π. τὸ πάθος Plu. Caes. 41.

4 go beyond, surpass, exceed

go beyond, surpass, τῷ τάχει π. τὰ ἄστρα Arist. Mete. 342a33 ; exceed in point of time, τὴν παιδικὴν ἡλικίαν Plu. Alc. 7, Cim. 1 : c. acc. pers. et gen. rei, γραμμέων συνθέσιος οὐδείς κώ με παρήλλαξεν [Democr.]299.

II deviate from one another, miss each other, displaced, deviating, not in line

intr., deviate from one another, of two tunnels or the like, which start from opposite directions, and, instead of meeting, miss each other, ὀλίγον τι π. τῆς χώρης Hdt. 2.11 ; of bones, ἄρθρον παραλλάξαν displaced, Hp. Art. 17 ; πόροι παραλλάττοντες deviating, not in line, opp. κατάλληλοι, Arist. Pr. 905b8, cf. 890b39.

2 alternate

alternate, Id. APr. 42b15.

3 differ, vary from, differ, vary, changeable, whose character has changed

differ or vary from, τῶν πολλῶν . . δικαίων Pl. Lg. 957b ; πολύ τι τῶν ἄλλων Thphr. HP 4.10.5 ; τῶν προκειμένων Hdn.Gr. 2.948 ; παραλλάξουσιν ἀλλήλων κατὰ παρρησίαν Phld. Lib. p.43 O.; π. ἀπό τινος Arr. Epict. 3.21.23 : abs., differ, vary, ὀλίγον παραλλάσσοντες Hdt. 7.73 ; ἡ χρεία π. μικρόν Arist. Pol. 1254b24 ; μήκη παραλλάττοντα Epicur. Ep. 2p.43U.; μικρὸν ταῖς γλώτταις Str. 4.1.1 ; π. κατὰ τὰς ὀσμὰς καὶ τοὺς χυλούς Thphr. HP 1.12.3 ; τοσοῦτον τῆς δόξης παραλλαττούσης Isoc. 9.25 ; τὸ παρηλλαχό

b it makes, difference

impers., οὐ σμικρὸν παραλλάττει οὕτως ἔχον ἢ ἄλλως it makes no small difference, Pl. Tht. 169e.

4 go aside from

π. τοῦ σκοποῦ go aside from the mark, ib. 194a : metaph., π. τῶν φρενῶν Lys. Fr. 90 : abs., οὐχ ὑπὸ γήρως οὐδὲ νόσου π. Plu. Luc. 43.

5 change direction, deviate from the straight course, go astray, be out of oneʼs wits, delirious, degenerate, decline

change direction, of the wind, Arist. Pr. 945a36 ; deviate from the straight course, παραλλάξαντι ἐξ Ἀβύδου ὡς ἐπὶ τὴν Προποντίδα Str. 13.1.22 ; οὐδαμῇ οὐδὲν π. Pl. R. 530b ; go astray, be out of oneʼs wits, Id. Ti. 27c, 71e ; λόγοι παραλλάσσοντες delirious, E. Hipp. 935 ; degenerate, decline, εἰς μοναρχίαν ἐπαχθῆ Plu. Rom. 26.

6 slip aside, away

slip aside or away, παραλλάξασα διὰ χερῶν βέβακεν ὄψις A. Ag. 424 (lyr.).

7 to be superior to, superior in

to be superior to, c. gen., π. ἅλιος ἄστρων Epigr. ap. D.L. 8.78 ; π. ταῖς ψυχαῖς Sosyl. 1 J.; τῇ διαφορᾷ τοῦ καθοπλισμοῦ πρὸς τὴν χρείαν παραλλάττων superior in . . , Plb. 18.25.2 ; κατά τι Iamb. Comm.Math. 8.

8 coincide partially

Geom., of figures, coincide partially when applied, Euc. 1.8, 3.24, Aristarch.Sam. 8.

9 display parallax

Astron., display parallax, Ptol. Alm. 5.11.

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