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παραλλ-α^γή , ,
A.passing from hand to hand, transmission, “πυρὸς παραλλαγαίA.Ag.490 ; change of position, movement, τὸ τάχος τῆς π., of the sun's 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.HP5.1.12 (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.
III. variety, variation, Thphr.HP2.3.2 ; “μεγεθῶνEpicur.Ep.1p.15U. (pl.), al., cf. Chrysipp.Stoic.3.182, Ep.Jac.1.17, Cleom.1.7 ; “γραμμῶν καὶ γωνιῶνTheol.Ar.63 ; change of meaning, “παραλλαγῶν κατὰ σύμβολον γινομένωνChrysipp.Stoic.2.258, cf. 3.33.
IV. frenzy, madness, “ἐν π. γενέσθαιLXX 4 Ki.9.20 ; π. ψυχῆς perturbation of soul, Iamb.VP 25.111.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • Aeschylus, Agamemnon, 490
    • Old Testament, 2 Kings, 9.20
    • Plato, Theaetetus, 196c
    • Strabo, Geography, 17.3.10
    • Polybius, Histories, 6.7.5
    • Hippocrates, De articulis, 30
    • Hippocrates, De articulis, 48
    • New Testament, James, 1.17
    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 5.37
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