παραλλαλή

παραλλ-ᾰλή, ἡ,

A passing from hand to hand, transmission,

πυρὸς παραλλαγαί A.Ag.490

; change of position, movement, τὸ τάχος τῆς π., of the sun's apparent motion, Str.17.3.10.

b Astrol., of a heavenly body, passing beyond the degree occupied by another, Antioch.Astr.in Cat.Cod.Astr.8(3).113.

2 alternation, μυῶν παραλλαγαὶ καὶ νεύρων their alternate movements, Hp.Art.30 ; παραλλαγὰς τοῖς ποσὶν ἐποίουν, of dancers, Critias 36.

3 distortion of the vertebrae, Hp.Art.48 ; contortion, twisting, of wood, Thphr.HP5.1.12 (pl.).

4 interchange, διανοίας πρὸς αἴσθησιν π. interchange of intellect and sense, putting one for the other, Pl.Tht.196c; π. προσώπων, πτώσεως, A.D.Pron.110.3, Synt.214.9.

II difference between things,

ποιεῖν τινα π. εὐοσμίας καὶ ἀοσμίας Thphr.HP6.6.5

;

μεγάλας τὰς π. ποιεῖσθαι περί τι Plb.6.7.5

; μεγάλην ἔχειν π. D.S.5.37, cf. Plot.3.1.5 ;

ἡ π. βραχεῖα Phld.Po.2.5

;

ἡ π. ἡ [τοῦ ἀνθρώπου] πρὸς τὰ ἄλογα Arr.Epict.2.8.3

; κάλλους πρὸς αἶσχος ib.2.23.32.

III variety, variation, Thphr.HP2.3.2 ;

μεγεθῶν Epicur.Ep.1p.15U.

(pl.), al., cf. Chrysipp.Stoic.3.182, Ep.Jac.1.17, Cleom.1.7 ;

γραμμῶν καὶ γωνιῶν Theol.Ar.63

; change of meaning,

παραλλαγῶν κατὰ σύμβολον γινομένων Chrysipp.Stoic.2.258

, cf. 3.33.

IV frenzy, madness,

ἐν π. γενέσθαι LXX 4 Ki.9.20

; π. ψυχῆς perturbation of soul, Iamb.VP 25.111.