The corpus record

παρεικάζω

pareikazo

liken, compare

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Where it lives

De Insomniis 1 · 4.19/10k
De Respiratione 1 · 1.65/10k
De Sensu et Sensibilibus 1 · 1.28/10k
Statesman 1 · 0.59/10k
Metaphysics 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

παρεικάζω · pareikazō — LSJ

liken, compare, appeared by analogy

liken, compare, τινί τι Pl. R. 473c, Plt. 260e ; ὡς μεγάλῳ π. μικρόν Arist. PA 653a3, etc.; ταῖς γλαυξὶν ἡμᾶς Phld. Rh. 1.253 S. :— Pass., τὸ ὀσφραντὸν . . παρείκασται οἷον βαφή τις εἶναι appeared by analogy to be, Arist. Sens. 445a13, cf. Ph. 2.111.

II make like

make like, νεφέλην τῇ Ἥρᾳ Sch. E. Ph. 1185.

In the wild

παρεικάζουσιν · pareikazousin Aristotle, De Insomniis (DIORISIS sentence 63)
παρεικάζων · pareikazōn Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 64)
παρείκασται · pareikastai Aristotle, De Sensu et Sensibilibus (DIORISIS sentence 154)
παρεικάζει · pareikazei Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4156)
παρεικάσωμεν · pareikasōmen Plato, Statesman 260

Where it came from

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