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παρα-παίω ,
A.strike on the side, strike falsely, “χέλυν” A.Fr.314.
II. intr., strike a false note : metaph., to be infatuated, lose one's wits, Id.Pr.1056 (anap.) ; ληρεῖν καὶ π. Ar. Pl.508, cf. Pax90(anap.) ; μαίνομαι καὶ π. Pl.Smp. 173e, cf. Plb. 12.8.1 ; “παραπεπαικότας” Plu.2.963f ; to be in error, Phld. Sign.32 ; π. τι commit a folly, Luc.Hist.Conscr.2 ; “π. πρὸς ὑλικὰς δυνάμεις” Eun. VS p.474 B.:—also in pf. part. Pass., φωναὶ -πεπαις μέναι mad, foolish, S.Ichn.234.
b. Medic., to be delirious, Gal.10.850,al.
2. fall away from, “τῆς ἀληθείας” Plb.3.21.9 ; “τοῦ δέοντος” Id.4.31.2,al.
3. dash in, prob. in Philox.2.26.
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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