A.to be incongruous, inconsistent, Plb.6.47.10, A.D. Synt.324.23; “ἀπεμφαῖνον” incongruous, Stoic.2.51, Str.8.3.17, Jul.Or. 7.217c, Dam.Pr.229; to be absurd, A.D.Synt.47.8, S.E.P.3.112; “-οντες θρῆνοι” discordant, Marin.Procl.33; of verses faulty in metre, Aristid.Quint.1.28; τοῦ ἀπεμφαίνοντος ὀνόματος of a word similar in meaning but different in form (?), Demetr.Lac.Herc.1012.74:—Pass., to be distinguished, A.D.Pron.46.1.
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