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παράφορος

παράφορος, borne aside, carried away

παρά-φορος, ον, (παραφέρω)
  • 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. Affect. 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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