παραβολή

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A juxtaposition, comparison, τῶν βίων Pl.Phlb.33b; π. καὶ σύγκρισις Plb.1.2.2; ἐν παραβολῇ by juxtaposition, Arist.Top.104a28, cf. 157a14; ἐκ παραβολῆς Id.Rh.1420a4.    2 comparison, illustration, analogy, τὴν π. ἀπρεπῆ πεποιῆσθαι Isoc.12.227; π. δὲ τὰ Σωκρατικά (distd. from λόγος, apologue) Arist.Rh.1393b3; ἐκ τῶν θηρίων ποιεῖσθαι τὴν π. Id.Pol.1264b4.    3 NT, parable, Ev.Marc.12.1, al.; type, Ep. Hebr.9.9, 11.19.    4 by-word, proverb, LXX Ez.18.2, Ev.Luc.4.23; in bad sense, εἰς π. ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι LXX Ps.43(44).14, cf. Wi.5.3.    5 objection to an argument, Phld.Rh.1.5 S.    II moving side by side, ἐκ παραβολῆς [νεῶν] μάχεσθαι to fight a sea-fight broadside to broadside, Plb.15.2.13, cf. D.S.14.60.    III sidelong direction, obliquity, διὰ πολλῶν ἑλιγμῶν καὶ π. Plu.Arat.22.    IV venture, D.S.27.17, v.l. in Th.1.131.    V Astron., conjunction, παραβολαὶ ἀλλήλων Pl.Ti.40c, cf. Procl. in Ti.3.146 D., Plot.3.1.5, Iamb.Myst.9.4: also f.l. for περιβολή, τοῦ ἡλίου Max.Tyr.17.9.    VI Math., division, opp. multiplication, Dioph.4.22; quotient, ib.10: hence, section produced by division of a line, Nicom.Ar.2.27.    VII Geom., application, π. τῶν χωρίων Pythag. ap. Procl.in Euc.p.419 F.; τὰ ἐκ τῆς π. γενηθέντα σημεῖα, of the foci of an ellipse or hyperbola, points found by application of an area to the axis, Apollon.Perg.Con.3.45, cf. 48.    2 parabola, because the square on the ordinate is equal to a rectangle whose height is equal to the abscissa applied to the parameter, ib.1.11.    VIII = παράβολον (v. παράβολος III. 1), Arist.Oec.1348b13 (vv. ll. παράβολον, -βόλιον), OGI41.5 (Samos, iii B. C., pl.). PPetr.3p.232 (iii B. C., pl.).