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παραλλαγή

παραλλαγή, a passing from hand to hand, transmission

παραλλ-ᾰγή, ἡ,
  • passing from hand to hand, transmission, πυρὸς παραλλαγαί A. Ag. 490; change of position, movement, τὸ τάχος τῆς π., of the sunʼs apparent motion, Str. 17.3.10.
        • b Astrol., of a heavenly body, passing beyond the degree occupied by another, Antioch.Astr. in Cat.Cod.Astr. 8(3).113.
      • 2 alternation, μυῶν παραλλαγαὶ καὶ νεύρων their alternate movements, Hp. Art. 30; παραλλαγὰς τοῖς ποσὶν ἐποίουν, of dancers, Critias 36.
      • 3 distortion of the vertebrae, Hp. Art. 48; contortion, twisting, of wood, Thphr. HP 5.1.12 (pl.).
      • 4 interchange, διανοίας πρὸς αἴσθησιν π. interchange of intellect and sense, putting one for the other, Pl. Tht. 196c; π. προσώπων, πτώσεως, A.D. Pron. 110.3, Synt. 214.9.
    • II difference between things, ποιεῖν τινα π. εὐοσμίας καὶ ἀοσμίας Thphr. HP 6.6.5; μεγάλας τὰς π. ποιεῖσθαι περί τι Plb. 6.7.5; μεγάλην ἔχειν π. D.S. 5.37, cf. Plot. 3.1.5; ἡ π. βραχεῖα Phld. Po. 2.5; ἡ π. ἡ [τοῦ ἀνθρώπου] πρὸς τὰ ἄλογα Arr. Epict. 2.8.3; κάλλους πρὸς αἶσχος ib. 2.23.32.
    • III variety, variation, Thphr. HP 2.3.2; μεγεθῶν Epicur. Ep. 1 p.15 U. (pl.), al., cf. Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.182, Ep.Jac. 1.17, Cleom. 1.7; γραμμῶν καὶ γωνιῶν Theol.Ar. 63; change of meaning, παραλλαγῶν κατὰ σύμβολον γινομένων Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.258, cf. 3.33.
    • IV frenzy, madness, ἐν π. γενέσθαι LXX 4 Ki. 9.20; π. ψυχῆς perturbation of soul, Iamb. VP 25.111.

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