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παράλληλος

παράλληλος, beside one another, side by side

παράλληλος, ον,
  • beside one another, side by side, αἱ π. (sc. γραμμαί) parallel lines, Arist. APr. 65a4, APo. 77b22, cf. Mech. 856b28; π. κύκλοι the five zones, D.L. 7.155, Nonn. D. 38.258; ὁ π. κύκλος parallel of latitude, Hipparch. 2.2.26, al., Cleom. 1.2, etc.: without κύκλος, ὁ διὰ τοῦ Βορυσθένους π. Str. 1.4.4, al.; οἱ βίοι οἱ π. the parallel lives of Plutarch, Plu. Thes. 1, cf. Pel. 2, etc.; ἐκ παραλλήλου parallelwise, Id. Comp.Ag.Gracch. 1.
      • 2 ἐν παραλλήλοις κεῖσθαι, of words used pleonastically, A.D. Adv. 140.13; ἐκ παραλλήλου εἰρηκέναι Alex.Aphr. in Metaph. 331.1, cf. Asp. in EN 65.30, 104.1. Adv. -λως, τίθεσθαι A.D. Synt. 247.17; but π. χρώμενοι τοῖς ὀνόμασιν using the forms (Ζῆνα, Δία) indifferently, Arist. Mu. 401a14.
      • 3 c. dat., parallel to or with, χάραξ π. τῷ τείχει Plb. 8.32.3, etc.; ὁ Ῥῆνος π. ὢν τῇ Πυρήνῃ Str. 4.1.1.

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