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παράληψις , later παραλήρ-λημψις , εως, ἡ,
A.receiving from another, succession to, “ἡ π. τῆς ἀρχῆς” Plb.2.3.1 ; “τῆς βασιλείας” OGI90.45 (Rosetta, ii B. C.), Phld.Piet.94, D.S.15.95 ; “τῆς οὐσίας” Ath.5.218c ; “τῶν πόλεων” D.C.36.18 ; opp. παράδοσις, SIG880.71 (Pizus, iii A. D.): Astrol., taking over, [τῆς χρονοκρατορίας] Vett. Val.168.18 (pl.): generally, receiving, τὴν παρὰ τῶν μελιττῶν τοῦ καρποῦ π. Porph.Abst.2.13.
b. receipt of dues, customs, etc., “ἡ π. τῶν ἐκφορίων” PAmh.2.35.15 (ii B. C.); “ἐλαίου” Sammelb.4425 vii7 (ii A. D.).
c. appropriation, filching, Plb.2.46.2.
2. μετὰ θείας π. with a calling in of, appeal to the gods, Arist. Rh.Al.1432a33.
3. tradition, doctrine, τεχνική τις π. Arr.Epict.2.11.2 ; ἑκάστου σχήματος π. Iamb.VP5.22.
4. use, employment, “τῶν δεινοτάτων θυμάτων” Porph.Abst.2.7 ; “καθαρμῶν” Hierocl. in CA26p.478M.; “ἀμφορέων” Porph.Antr.3 : Medic., application, “ἀλειμμάτων” Alex. Trall.1.15, cf. Archig. ap. Aët. 12.1. Cf. παράλαμψις.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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