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παραποι-έω ,
A.make falsely, π. μέτρα καὶ σταθμά make false measures and weights, D.S.1.78 ; οἱ παραποιοῦντες forgers, Just.Nov.73 Praef.; παραποιησάμενος σφραγῖδα having got a false seal made, Th.1.132 (nisi leg. <*>ρασημηνάμενος, cf.Poll.8.27) ; π. βίον ἀνθρώπου falsify his record, Philostr.VA2.30.
3. adopt as one's own by altering, imitate, Ath. 12.513a : abs., make a parody, D.Chr.32.81 :—Pass., παρ᾽ ὑπόνοιαν παραποιηθὲν ἐκ . . Sch.Ar.Pl.782 : abs., PLond.3.854.5 (ii A.D.).
II. introduce as an episode into a poem, κατὰ ( = καθ᾽ παρεποίησε (prob. for κατὰ γὰρ ἐποίησε) Hdt.2.116, cf. POxy.1611.165,175 (prob. l.).
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Aristophanes, Plutus, 782
    • Herodotus, Histories, 2.116
    • Pausanias, Description of Greece, 1
    • Pausanias, Description of Greece, 5.10
    • Thucydides, Histories, 1.132
    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 1.78
    • Dio Chrysostom, Orationes, 32.81
    • Philostratus the Athenian, Life of Apollonius of Tyana, 2.30
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