ἐναλλάσσω
ἐὰν ἐκπέσῃ τὸ σιδήριον καὶ αὐτὸς πρόσωπον ἐτάραξεν καὶ δυνάμεις δυναμώσει καὶ περισσεία τοῦ ἀνδρείου σοφία (Ecclesiastes 10:10, LXX version) → If the iron axe fails, and the man has furrowed his brow, he will gather his strength, and the redoubling of his manly vigor will be the wise thing.
English (LSJ)
Att. ἐναλλάττω, pf.
A ἐνήλλαχα Plb.6.43.2, Phld.Mus.p.73K.:—exchange, φόνον θανάτῳ ἐ., i.e. pay for murder by death, E.Andr.1028 (lyr.); μεταβολὰς ἐ. undergo changes, Plb. l.c.; παντοίας μορφὰς ἐ. to assume... Apollod.2.5.11: c. inf., ἐνήλλαξεν θεὸς τὴν τοῦδ' ὕβριν πρὸς μῆλα . . πεσεῖν turned aside, diverted his fury so as to fall upon the sheep, S.Aj.1060. 2 cross, τὼ πόδε Philostr.Im.2.7; also intr., cross one another, of veins and arteries, Arist.PA668b21. 3 Astrol., exchange domicile, of planets, Vett.Val.73.15. 4 ἐχρῆν ἐνηλλαχέναι one should have reversed the statement, Phld. l.c. II give in exchange, τιἀντί τινος App.BC3.27,5.12:—Med., receive in exchange, τί δ' ἐνήλλακται τῆς ἡμερίας νὺξ ἥδε βάρος; what heavy change from the day hath this night received? S.Aj.208, cf. Ph.2.638. III Pass., to be interarticulated, ἄρθρα ἐνηλλαγμένα Hp.Art.46; also τὸ μέτρον τοῖς δισυλλάβοις ἐναλλάσσεται the metre employs the various disyllabic feet interchangeably, Anon.Metr.Oxy.220 iii 13. 2 have commercial relations with, ὅσοι Ἀθηναίοις ἤδη ἐνηλλάγησαν Th.1.120.
German (Pape)
[Seite 826] verwechseln, tauschen; φόνον θανάτῳ, mit dem Tode büßen, Eur. Andr. 1028; νῦν δ' ἐνήλλαξεν θεὸς τὴν ὕβριν πρὸς μῆλα πεσεῖν, hat eine andere Richtung gegeben, es so gewandt, daß, Soph. Ai. 1039; pass., τί δ' ἐνήλλακται τῆς ἁμερίας νὺξ ἥδε βάρος 207. Sp. in Prosa, μεταβολὰς ἐν. Pol. 6, 43, 2. Bei Arist. part. anim. 3, 5, dem διεστάναι entgeggstzt, sich kreuzen; – ἐναλλαγῆναί τινι, mit Jem. Verkehr haben, Thuc. 1, 120.
