ἀλλάσσω

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later Att. ἀλλάττω Pl.Prm.139a: impf.

   A 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, AP9.67, 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 χρώματ' 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 ἀλλάξαιμ' ἐγώ A.Pr. 967; τι ἀντί τινος E.Alc.661:— Med., τὴν παραντίκα 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.IT193.    4 Med., ἔξω τρίβου ἀλλάσσεσθαι ἴχνος move one's 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; ἠλλαττόμεσθ' 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 ἀντ' 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; σκῆπτρ' 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.