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|Definition=παράφορον, ([[παραφέρω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[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.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[reeling]], [[staggering]], στείχειν π. ποδί E.''Hec.'' 1050; <b class="b3">δρόμοι π.</b> Plu.2.501d; <b class="b3">παράφορον βαδίζειν</b>, of a drunkard, Luc.''Vit. Auct.'' 12; τὸ π. τῶν πινόντων Corn.''ND''30: c. inf., <b class="b3">σπείρειν π. ὁ μεθύων</b> [[unsteady]] for sowing seed, Pl.''Lg.''775d.<br><span class="bld">3</span> c. gen., [[wandering away from]], <b class="b3">παράφορος ξυνέσεως</b> [[deranged]], Id.''Sph.''228d: abs., [[mad]], [[frenzicd]], <b class="b3">μῦθοι ἀπίθανοι καὶ π.</b> Plu.''Art.''1; simply, [[misled]], prob. in Teles p.9 H. (-φρονοι codd. Stob.): neut. as adverb, of a madman, <b class="b3">παράφορον δέρκεσθαι, ἀναβοᾶν</b>, Luc.''Fug.''19, ''Am.''13.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Act., [[confusing]], γνάμης Hp.''Prorrh.''1.36.<br><span class="bld">III</span> παράφορον, τό, a kind of [[alumina]], Plin.''HN''35.184.