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παράλλαξις

παράλλαξις, alternation, alternating motion

παράλλ-αξις, εως, ἡ,
  • alternation: overlapping of broken bones, Hp. Fract. 15 (pl.); ἡ π. τοῦ ὀστέου ib. 35; π. ἔχειν πρὸς ἄλληλα καὶ συμπλοκήν Thphr. Sens. 66.
      • 2 alternating motion, τῶν σκελῶν Plu. Phil. 6; ἡ δεῦρο κἀκεῖ π. τῆς κεφαλῆς Id. Sollert. 2.977b.
    • II change, deviation, mutation, Pl. Ti. 22d, cf. Plt. 269e, Placit. 1.7.33 (pl.); διαστροφὴ μεγάλη καὶ π. τῆς γωνίας Plu. Fac.lun. 2.930a; παραλλάξιες φρενῶν mental aberrations, Hp. Acut.(Sp.) 1.
    • III change of position, τῶν γωνιῶν Arist. Cael. 287a18; ἡ τοῦ ἡλίου π. D.C. 76.13.
      • 2 Astron., parallax, Ptol. Alm. 5.11, 9.1, Procl. Hyp. 4.53, al.
        • b φάσις defined as ἡ μετὰ τὴν κρύψιν τοῦ ἡλίου πρώτη . . ἐξ αὐτοῦ π. Phlp. in Mete. 76.30.

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