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ἀλληγορέω

ἀλληγορέω, to speak so as to imply something other than what is said, to interpret allegorically

ἀλληγορ-έω, (ἀγορεύω)
  • interpret allegorically, Ἕλληνες Κρόνον ἀλληγοροῦσι τὸν χρόνον Plu. Isid. 2.363d, cf. Es. carn. 2 996b, Heraclit. All. 1:—Pass., to be spoken allegorically, Ep.Gal. 4.24; ἀλληγορεῖται ὁ Ἀπόλλων εἰς τὸν Ἥλιον, Sch. S. Aj. 186.
      • 2 abs., speak figuratively or metaphorically, Demetr. Eloc. 151, 285; speak allegorically, J. AJ Prooem.

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