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ἐναλλ-άξ , Adv.
A.crosswise, οὐδ᾽ ἴσχειν τὼ πόδ᾽ ἐ. Ar.Nu.983, cf. Hp.Mul.2.144,IG22.463.80.
2. Math., alternando, Arist.EN1131b6, APo.74a18,99a8; permutando, Euc.5Def.12.
3. alternately, Pi.N.10.55, Pl.Criti.113d, 119d; [γέρανοι] καθεύδουσιν ἐπὶ ἑνὸς ποδὸς ἐ. Arist.HA614b25; ἐ. ἐναντίως alternately contrariwise, Id.IA712a13; of the teeth of carnivorous animals, “ἐ. ἐμπίπτουσιν” Id.PA 661b21; πρήσσειν ἐ. to have alternations of fortune, Hdt.3.40: c.dat., ἤν τε μὴ ἐ. αἱ εὐτυχίαι τοι τῇσι πάθῃσι προσπίπτωσι alternately with misfortunes, ibid.; ἐ. ἀλλήλοις Aen. Tact.26.1: c.gen., D.S.5.7.
4. in inverted order, upside down, Lib.Descr.13.8.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Euclid, Elements, 5
    • Herodotus, Histories, 3.40
    • Plato, Critias, 113d
    • Plato, Critias, 119d
    • Aristophanes, Clouds, 983
    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 5.7
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