παραβολή

παραβολ-ή, ἡ,

A juxtaposition, comparison,

τῶν βίων Pl.Phlb.33b

;

π. καὶ σύγκρισις Plb.1.2.2

; ἐν παραβολῇ by juxtaposition, Arist.Top.104a28, cf. 157a14;

ἐκ παραβολῆς Id.Rh.1420a4

.

2 comparison, illustration, analogy,

τὴν π. ἀπρεπῆ πεποιῆσθαι Isoc.12.227

; π. δὲ τὰ Σωκρατικά (distd. from λόγος, apologue) Arist.Rh.1393b3;

ἐκ τῶν θηρίων ποιεῖσθαι τὴν π. Id.Pol.1264b4

.

3 NT, parable, Ev.Marc.12.1, al.; type, Ep. Hebr.9.9, 11.19.

4 by-word, proverb, LXX Ez.18.2, Ev.Luc.4.23; in bad sense,

εἰς π. ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι LXX Ps.43(44).14

, cf. Wi.5.3.

5 objection to an argument, Phld.Rh.1.5 S.

II moving side by side, ἐκ παραβολῆς [νεῶν] μάχεσθαι to fight a sea-fight broadside to broadside, Plb.15.2.13, cf. D.S.14.60.

III sidelong direction, obliquity,

διὰ πολλῶν ἑλιγμῶν καὶ π. Plu.Arat.22

.

IV venture, D.S.27.17, v.l. in Th.1.131.

V Astron., conjunction,

παραβολαὶ ἀλλήλων Pl.Ti.40c

, cf. Procl. in Ti.3.146 D., Plot.3.1.5, Iamb.Myst.9.4: also f.l. for περιβολή, τοῦ ἡλίου Max.Tyr.17.9.

VI Math., division, opp. multiplication, Dioph.4.22; quotient, ib.10: hence, section produced by division of a line, Nicom.Ar.2.27.

VII Geom., application,

π. τῶν χωρίων Pythag.

ap. Procl.in Euc.p.419 F.; τὰ ἐκ τῆς π. γενηθέντα σημεῖα, of the foci of an ellipse or hyperbola, points found by application of an area to the axis, Apollon.Perg.Con.3.45, cf. 48.

2 parabola, because the square on the ordinate is equal to a rectangle whose height is equal to the abscissa applied to the parameter, ib.1.11.

VIII = παράβολον (v. παράβολος III. 1), Arist.Oec.1348b13 (vv. ll. παράβολον, -βόλιον), OGI41.5 (Samos, iii B. C., pl.). PPetr.3p.232 (iii B. C., pl.).