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ἀλλάσσω

ἀλλάσσω, ἀλλάσσω, change, alter; exchange (+ gen. of thing received in return); (mid.) take in exchange (+ gen. of thing given in return)

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):—
  • 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.
    • V Pass., to be reconciled, S. Fr. 997.

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