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παρα-φορά

paraphora · ἡ

going aside

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Where it lives

Eumenides 2 · 3.82/10k
Meditations 1 · 0.34/10k

What it meant

παρα-φορά · para-phora — LSJ

going aside, by-streams

going aside, παραφορὰς ποιεῖσθαι to make itself by-streams, of a river, Agatharch. 23.

2 movement to and fro

movement to and fro, Sor. 1.73 : pl., Id. 2.14.

3 waving

waving of a sword, Onos. 26.1.

II derangement, distraction, frenzy, irregular

mostly of the mind, derangement, distraction, A. Eu. 330 (lyr.) ; τῆς αἰσθήσιος Aret. CD 1.5 ; π. ἐν μέθῃ Id. SD 1.6 ; frenzy, π. καὶ ἔκστασις Iamb. Myst. 3.7 ; π. τῆς διανοίας Plu. Mul.virt. 2.249b ; ποδῶν π. irregular gait, Adam. 2.21.

III bringing up, furnishing, purveying

Act., bringing up, furnishing, purveying, ζυγάστρων SIG 247 ii 21 (Delph., iv B.C.), cf. PLond. 3.974ii 5 (iv A.D.).

In the wild

παραφορὰ · paraphora Aeschylus, Eumenides 328–333
παραφορὰ · paraphora Aeschylus, Eumenides 341–348
παραφορᾶς · paraphoras Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 5.23.1 (DIORISIS sentence 664)

Where it came from

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