parable
parable
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Story: P. and V. λόγος, ὁ, μῦθος, ὁ, V. αἶνος, ὁ.
Riddle: P. and V. αἴνιγμα, τό, αἰνιγμός, ὁ.
Speak in parables: P. διʼ εἰκόνων λέγειν, P. and V. αἰνίσσεσθαι.
subs.
Story: P. and V. λόγος, ὁ, μῦθος, ὁ, V. αἶνος, ὁ.
Riddle: P. and V. αἴνιγμα, τό, αἰνιγμός, ὁ.
Speak in parables: P. διʼ εἰκόνων λέγειν, P. and V. αἰνίσσεσθαι.
PARABLE
parabole or pure Latin collatio (Cic.) is a simile kept up through a narrative (cf. Quint. 5 11 23); similitudo: simile (a comparison): to deliver parables similitudines comparare (Cic. Or. 40 §138): to employ a parable similitudine or simili quodam uti: to speak without a parable ut omittam similitudines (Cic.).
parabole or pure Latin collatio (Cic.) is a simile kept up through a narrative (cf. Quint. 5 11 23); similitudo: simile (a comparison): to deliver parables similitudines comparare (Cic. Or. 40 §138): to employ a parable similitudine or simili quodam uti: to speak without a parable ut omittam similitudines (Cic.).
parable: părăbŏla; also -ē, -ēs: Quint. 8, 3, 77 (= comparison, analogy): he spoke many things to them in p.s, locutus est eis multa in parabolis, Vulg. Matt. xiii. 3. See also FIGURE (III.), SIMILE .