παρά-φορος (paraphoros)

Where it lives

Laws 1 · 0.1/10k
Enneads 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

παρά-φορος · para-phoros — LSJ

borne aside, carried away, liable to slip, deviating, glancing off

borne aside, carried away, οὕτω π. πρὸς δόξαν Plu. Them. 3 ; of a bandage, liable to slip, Hp. Art. 4; of a shot, deviating from its course, Ph. Bel. 80.9, al.; glancing off an obstacle, ib. 84.16.

2 reeling, staggering, unsteady

reeling, staggering, στείχειν π. ποδί E. Hec. 1050 ; δρόμοι π. Plu. Affect. 2.501d ; παράφορον βαδίζειν, of a drunkard, Luc. Vit. Auct. 12 ; τὸ π. τῶν πινόντων Corn. ND 30 : c. inf., σπείρειν π. ὁ μεθύων unsteady for sowing seed, Pl. Lg. 775d.

3 wandering away from, deranged, mad, frenzied, misled

c. gen., wandering away from, παράφορος ξυνέσεως deranged, Id. Sph. 228d : abs., mad, frenzied, μῦθοι ἀπίθανοι καὶ π. Plu. Art. 1 ; simply, misled, prob. in Teles p.9 H. (-φρονοι codd. Stob.) : neut. as Adv., of a madman, παράφορον δέρκεσθαι, ἀναβοᾶν, Luc. Fug. 19, Am. 13.

II confusing

Act., confusing, γνάμης Hp. Prorrh. 1.36.

III alumina

παράφορον, τό, a kind of alumina, Plin. HN 35.184.

In the wild

παράφορος · paraphoros Plato, Laws 775
παράφοροι · paraphoroi Plotinus, Enneads 3.5 (DIORISIS sentence 1729)

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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