ἐξαλλάσσω

exallasso

change utterly

Appears 11 times across Aristotle's works.

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Poetics 4
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Chapter 5 1449a32–1449b20

1449b13
Chapter 21 1457a31–1458a17

1457b3
1458a5
Chapter 22 1458a18–1459a16

1458a21
Rhetoric 3
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Book III 3
Chapter 2 1404b1–1405b34

1404b8
1404b31

Chapter 3 1405b35–1406b19

1406a14
Physiognomonics 2
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Chapter 1 805a1–806a18

805a4
806a18
On Colours 1
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Chapter 5 794b12–797a32

795b31
Generation of Animals 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 1 763b20–766b26

766a26

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐξαλλάσσω, Att. ἐξαλλάττω, A. change utterly or quite, strengthd. for ἀλλάσσω, ἐσθῆτα E. Hel. 1297; τινὰς κοσμήσεσι Plu. Thes. 23; αἰὼν . . ἄλλʼ ἄλλοτʼ ἐξάλλαξεν Pi. I. 3.18. b. intr., of evolution, τὰ δὲ . . ἐξαλλάσσει ἐς τὴν μέζω τάξιν Hp. Vict. 1.6; ἐ. γένος εἰς ἕτερον degenerate, Thphr. HP 8.8.3:—Pass., ἐξηλλαγμένος πρός τι ib.4.4.14. c. Med., κακοῖσιν ὅστις μηδὲν ἐξαλλάσσεται who sees no change take place in his miseries, S. Aj. 474:—Pass., ἰδιωτικῆς ἑστίας ἐξηλλαγμένη ἡγεμονία D.S. 10 Fr. 20. 2. Rhet., vary common words and phrases, ἐ. τὸ εἰωθός Arist. Rh. 1406a15, cf. 1404b8; ἐ. τὸ ἰδιωτικόν vary the common idiom, Id. Po. 1458a21; ἐξηλλαγμένον [ὄνομα] altered form, ib.1458a5: c. gen., ἐξηλλαγμένος τινός different from, Isoc. 8.63. b. pf. part. Pass. ἐξηλλαγμένος extraordinary, strange, Plb. 2.37.6, D.S. 1.94, Ant.Lib. 41.8, etc.; varied, ὄφεις ταῖς ποικιλίαις ἐ. D.S. 17.90. 3. c. acc. loci, withdraw from, leave, Εὐρώπαν E. IT 135 (lyr.). II. ἐ. τί τινος withdraw or remove from, τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γύμνωσιν ἐ. τῶν ἐναντίων Th. 5.71. 2. intr., change from, τῆς ἀρχαίας μορφῆς Arist. GA 766a26; μικρὸν ἐ. exceed the limit by a little, Id. Po. 1449b13; ἐ. ἀπὸ τῆς νεώς Philostr. Her.Prooem. 3; ἐς ἄνδρας Id. VA 3.28: abs., ἐξαλλάσσουσα χάρις unusual, rare grace, E. IA 564 (lyr.); to be different from, πάντων τῶν παρʼ ἡμῖν Phld. Sign. 9. b. ἐξαλλάσσουσαι στολαί changes of raiment, v.l. in LXX Ge. 45.22. 3. turn another way, move back and forward, κερκίδα E. Tr. 200 (lyr.); ἐ. δρόμον change oneʼs course, X. Cyn. 10.7; ποίαν (sc. ὁδόν) ἐξαλλάξω; which other way shall I take? E. Hec. 1060 (lyr.). 4. divert, amuse, Men. 747, Philippid. 35; coax, win over, ὀψαρίοις POxy. 531.18 (ii A.D.).

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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