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παρεγχειρ-έω ,
A.interfere with, “τὴν φύσιν” Ph.Fr.49 H.; π. ὡς . . argue falsely that . . , Plu. Comp. Tim. Aem.1 : c. inf., attempt illegally, Jahresh.23 Beibl.180 (Thrace).
2. interpret symbolically, τὴν κόλασιν (sc. τοῦ Ἰξίονος) Asclep. Tragil.3 J. ; “μηδὲν π. εἰς τὰ κεκριμένα” Artem.4.72.
3. disturb, μηδενὸς μέρους τῶν ἀρχαίων ἐθῶν παρεγχειρουμένου Epist. Domit. in SIG821 C 3 ; tamper with, “τοῖς ὑπ᾽ ἐμοῦ διατεταγμένοις” POxy.495.16 (ii A. D.).
II. impugn as false, τι Sch.Pi. P.2.78, etc.
III. put into one's hands, transfer to, “τινί τι” S.E.P.1.234.
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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