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ἀλλάσσω

allasso

make other than it is, change, alter

Appears 18 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ἀλλάσσω, later Att. ἀλλάττω Pl. Prm. 139a: impf. ἤλλαττον Men. Epit. 466: fut. -άξω Thgn. 21: aor. ἤλλαξα E. Alc. 661: pf. ἤλλᾰχα (ἀπ-) X. Mem. 3.13.6, (δι-) Dionys. Com.2.10:—Med., fut. ἀλλάξομαι Luc. Tyr. 7, (ἀντ-) E. Hel. 1088: aor. ἠλλαξάμην Id. El. 103, Antipho 5.79, Th. 8.82, etc.: pf. (in med. sense) ἤλλαγμαι ( ἐν-) S. Aj. 208:—Pass., fut. ἀλλαχθήσομαι Trag. and Com., (ἀπ-) E. Med. 878, Ar. Av. 940; ἀλλαγήσομαι in early Prose, (ἀπ-) Hdt. 2.120, (ἐξαπ-) Th. 4.28: aor. ἠλλάχθην and ἠλλάγην, former more freq. in S. and E., latter in Prose: pf. ἤλλαγμαι Antiph. 176, AP 9.67, al.: plpf. ἤλλακτο Hdt. 2.26. (More common in compds., esp. in later Gk.): (ἄλλος):—A. make other than it is, change, alter, τόπον Parm. 8.41; μορφήν Emp. 137; χροιάν E. Med. 1168; ἤλλαττε χρώματʼ 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 ἀλλάξαιμʼ ἐγώ A. Pr. 967; τι ἀντί τινος E. Alc. 661:— Med., τὴν παραυτίκα 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. IT 193. 4. Med., ἔξω τρίβου ἀλλάσσεσθαι ἴχνος move oneʼs 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; ἠλλαττόμεσθʼ ἂν δάκρυα δόντες χρυσίον should take in exchange, Philem. 73: ἀ. θνητὸν εἶδος assume it, E. Ba. 53, cf. 1331:—more freq. in 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 ἀντʼ 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 Med., πρός τινα Pl. Lg. 915e. 2. alternate, Emp. 17.6; σκῆπτρʼ ἔειν ἐνιαυτὸν ἀλλάσσοντε to enjoy power in turn, E. Ph. 74, cf. Pl. Ti. 42c:—Pass., ἀρεταὶ . . ἀλλασσόμεναι in turns, Pi. N. 11.38, cf. Arist. Pr. 940a15. ϝ. Pass., to be reconciled, S. Fr. 997.
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