ἀλλάσσω

ἀλλάσσω, later [dialect] Att. [suff] ἀλλαντό-ττω Pl.Prm.139a: [tense] impf.

A

ἤλλαττον Men.Epit. 466

: [tense] fut.

-άξω Thgn.21

: [tense] aor.

ἤλλαξα E.Alc.661

: [tense] pf. ἤλλᾰχα ([etym.] ἀπ-) X.Mem.3.13.6, ([etym.] δι-) Dionys. Com.2.10:—[voice] Med., [tense] fut.

ἀλλάξομαι Luc. Tyr.7

, ([etym.] ἀντ-) E.Hel.1088: [tense] aor.

ἠλλαξάμην Id.El.103

, Antipho 5.79, Th.8.82, etc.: [tense] pf. (in med. sense) ἤλλαγμαι ( ἐν-) S. Aj.208:—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut. ἀλλαχθήσομαι Trag. and Com., ([etym.] ἀπ-) E.Med.878, Ar.Av.940; ἀλλαγήσομαι in early Prose, ([etym.] ἀπ-) Hdt.2.120, ([etym.] ἐξαπ-) Th.4.28: [tense] aor. ἠλλάχθην and ἠλλάγην, former more freq. in S. and E., latter in Prose: [tense] pf.

ἤλλαγμαι Antiph. 176

, AP9.67, al.: [tense] plpf.

ἤλλακτο Hdt.2.26

. (More common in compds., esp. in later Gk.): ([etym.] ἄλλος):—make other than it is, change, alter,

τόπον Parm.8.41

;

μορφήν Emp.137

;

χροιάν E. Med.1168

;

ἤλλαττε χρώματ' Men.Epit.466

;

τὸ ἑαυτοῦ εἶδος εἰς πολλὰς μορφάς Pl.R. 380d

;

χώραν Id.Prm.139a

.

II ἀ. τί τινος give in exchange, barter one thing for another,

τῆς σῆς λατρείας τὴν ἐμὴν δυσπραξίαν . . οὐκ ἂν ἀλλάξαιμ' ἐγώ A.Pr. 967

;

τι ἀντί τινος E.Alc.661

:— [voice] Med.,

τὴν παραντίκα ἐλπίδα . . οὐδενὸς ἂν ἠλλάξαντο Th.8.82

.

2 repay, requite,

φόνον φονεῦσιν E.El.89

.

3 leave, quit,

οὐράνιον φῶς S.Ant.944

, cf. E.IT193.

4 [voice] Med., ἔξω τρίβου ἀλλάσσεσθαι ἴχνος move one's position, Id.El.103.

III take one thing in exchange for another,

κάκιον τοὐσθλοῦ παρεόντος Thgn.21

; πόνῳ πόνον ἀ. to exchange one suffering with another (nisi leg. πόνου), Trag.Adesp.7.3; ἠλλαττόμεσθ' ἂν δάκρυα δόντες χρυσίον should take in exchange, Philem.73: ἀ. θνητὸν εἶδος assume it, E.Ba.53, cf. 1331:—more freq. in [voice] Med., τί τινος one thing for another,

εὐδαιμονίας κακοδαιμονίαν Antipho 5.79

, cf. Pl.Lg.733b; τὰ οἰκήϊα κακὰ ἀλλάξασθαι τοῖσι πλησίοισι exchange them with them, Hdt.7.152: hence, buy,

τι ἀντ' ἀργυρίου Pl.R.371c

;

διά τινος ὠνῆς ἢ καὶ πράσεως ἀλλάττεσθαί τί τινι Id.Lg. 915d

, 915e; τοῦ παντὸς ἀ. prize above all things, Ph.Bel.56.30.

2 take a new position, i.e. go to a place,

ἀ.Ἅιδα θαλάμους E.Hec.483

;

πόλιν ἐκ πόλεως Pl.Plt.289e

.

IV abs., have dealings, as buyer or seller, in [voice] Med.,

πρός τινα Pl.Lg.915e

.

2 alternate, Emp.17.6; σκῆπτρ' ἔειν ἐνιαυτὸν ἀλλάσσοντε to enjoy power in turn, E.Ph. 74, cf. Pl.Ti.42c:—[voice] Pass., ἀρεταὶ . . ἀλλασσόμεναι in turns, Pi.N.11.38, cf. Arist.Pr.940a15. [full] ϝ. [voice] Pass., to be reconciled, S.Fr.997.