παρατρέπω (paratrepo)

Where it lives

De Mundo 1 · 1.58/10k
Theogony 1 · 1.45/10k
Epistles 1 · 0.59/10k
Economics 1 · 0.56/10k
Meditations 1 · 0.34/10k
Laws 3 · 0.29/10k
Histories 4 · 0.22/10k
Iliad 2 · 0.18/10k
Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k
History 1 · 0.07/10k
Enneads 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

παρατρέπω · paratrepō — LSJ

turn aside, off, away, pushed, from, divert, from, turning aside

turn aside, off, or away, παρατρέψας ἔχε μώνυχας ἵππους ἐκτὸς ὁδοῦ Il. 23.423, cf. 398; Ταντάλου λίθον παρά τις ἔτρεψεν ἄμμι θεός pushed it from our heads, Pi. I. 8(7).11 ; ποταμὸν π. divert a river from its channel, Hdt. 7.128, cf. 130 ; π. ἄλλῃ τὸ ὕδωρ Th. 1.109, cf. Pl. Lg. 736b; [τὸ ὕδωρ] παρατρέψαι τοῦ εἴδους Phi lostr.Im. 1.23 :—Med. and Pass., -τραπόμενος τοῦ λόγου X. Oec. 12.17; ἔξω τοῦ βελτίστου D.C. Fr. 83.1 ; ἐκ τοῦ νοῦ παρετράπη Paus. 4.4.8; παρατρεπόμενος εἰς Τένεδον turning aside t

2 turn, from, opinion, change, mind

turn one from his opinion, change his mind, ταχέως δὲ παρέτραπε δῶρα θεάων Hes. Th. 103 ; τινὰ ἐπέεσσι π. A.R. 3.902 :—Med., Theoc. 22.151 :— Pass., π. παρὰ τὸ δίκαιον ὑπὸ δώρων Pl. Lg. 885d; λοιβῇ τε οἴνου κνίσῃ τε ib. 906e.

3 pervert, falsify

of things, π. λόγον pervert, falsify a story, Hdt. 3.2; π. τὸν λόγον ἔξω τοῦ ἀληθοῦς D.H. 6.75.

4 alter : revoke

generally, alter : revoke a decree, Hdt. 7.16.γʹ; π. ἐμμέλειαν Ael. NA 2.11 ; π. ὄνομα D.Chr. 12.67, cf. App. Mith. 1 (Pass.).

5 remove

remove, τὸ ἐν κακίᾳ εἰρημένον A.D. Synt. 37.12.

6 deceive

deceive, τὴν ὄψιν Ael. NA 2.14.

7 turn sour

π. τὰς κράσεις, of air in epidemics, Aët. 5.94 :—Pass., of wine, turn sour, Gp. 2.47.5.

8 have dealings

Pass., π. εἴς τινα have dealings with, PMasp. 295 iii 7 (vi A. D.).—Cf. παρατροπέω, παρατρωπάω.

In the wild

παρέτρεψέ · paretrepse Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 164)
παρατρέψαντα · paratrepsanta Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.1 (DIORISIS sentence 285)
παρατρέπουσι · paratrepousi Herodotus, Histories 3.2.2 (DIORISIS sentence 2876)
παρατρέψαντα · paratrepsanta Herodotus, Histories 7.128.2 (DIORISIS sentence 7769)
παρατρέψαντα · paratrepsanta Herodotus, Histories 7.130.2 (DIORISIS sentence 7783)
παρατρέψαι · paratrepsai Herodotus, Histories 7.16C.3 (DIORISIS sentence 7201)

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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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