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παράφορος

paraphoros

borne aside, carried away

Appears 3 times across Plato's dialogues.

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παράφορος, ον, (παραφέρω) A. borne aside, carried away, οὕτω π. πρὸς δόξαν Plu. Them. 3 ; of a bandage, liable to slip, Hp. Art. 4; of a shot, deviating from its course, Ph. Bel. 80.9,al.; glancing off an obstacle, ib.84.16. 2. reeling, staggering, στείχειν π. ποδί E. Hec. 1050 ; δρόμοι π. Plu. 2.501d ; παράφορον βαδίζειν, of a drunkard, Luc. Vit. Auct. 12 ; τὸ π. τῶν πινόντων Corn. ND 30 : c. inf., σπείρειν π. ὁ μεθύων unsteady for sowing seed, Pl. Lg. 775d. 3. c. gen., wandering away from, παράφορος ξυνέσεως deranged, Id. Sph. 228d : abs., mad, frenzied, μῦθοι ἀπίθανοι καὶ π. Plu. Art. 1 ; simply, misled, prob. in Teles p.9 H. (-φρονοι codd. Stob.) : neut. as Adv., of a madman, παράφορον δέρκεσθαι, ἀναβοᾶν, Luc. Fug. 19, Am. 13. II. Act., confusing, γνάμης Hp. Prorrh. 1.36. III. παράφορον, τό, a kind of alumina, Plin. HN 35.184.
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