παραποι-έω (parapoieo)

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What it meant

παραποι-έω · parapoi-eō — LSJ

make falsely, make false, forgers, having got a false, made, falsify

make falsely, π. μέτρα καὶ σταθμά make false measures and weights, D.S. 1.78 ; οἱ παραποιοῦντες forgers, Just. Nov. 73 Praef.; παραποιησάμενος σφραγῖδα having got a false seal made, Th. 1.132 (nisi leg. παρασημηνάμενος, cf. Poll. 8.27) ; π. βίον ἀνθρώπου falsify his record, Philostr. VA 2.30.

2 alter slightly

alter slightly, τὸ ὄνομα, τὴν λέξιν, Paus. 5.10. 1, Jul. Or. 2.70a ; τὰ παραπεποιημένα, e. g. τὰ παρὰ γράμμα σκώμματα, Arist. Rh. 1412a28.

3 adopt as oneʼs own by altering, imitate, make a parody

adopt as oneʼs own by altering, imitate, Ath. 12.513a : abs., make a parody, D.Chr. 32.81 :—Pass., παρʼ ὑπόνοιαν παραποιηθὲν ἐκ . . Sch. Ar. Pl. 782 : abs., PLond. 3.854.5 (ii A.D.).

II introduce as an episode

introduce as an episode into a poem, κατὰ( = καθʼ ἃ) παρεποίησε (prob. for κατὰ γὰρ ἐποίησε) Hdt. 2.116, cf. POxy. 1611.165, 175 (prob. l.).

In the wild

παραπεποιημένα · parapepoiēmena Aristotle, Rhetoric 3

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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