I.an allegory, i. e. a figurative representation of a thought or of an abstract truth, under an image carried through to the end: “continuus (usus comparationis) in allegoriam et aenigmata exit,” Quint. 8, 6, 14; so id. 8, 6, 52: “quae sunt per allegoriam dicta,” are spoken allegorically, Vulg. Gal. 4, 24: “allegoriarum explanationes,” Arn. 5, p. 186 (in Cic. written in Greek, Or. 27, 94; id. Att. 2, 20).
allēgŏrĭa , ae, f., = ἀλληγορία,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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