παραβολή
ἐξ ὀνύχων λέοντα τεκμαίρεσθαι → judge by the claws, judge by a slight but characteristic mark, small traits give the clue to the character of a person, deduce something from a small indication, identify a lion from its claws
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.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 472] ἡ, das Nebeneinander- oder Zusammenstellen, bes. die Vergleichung; ἐν τῇ παραβολῇ τῶν βίων, Plat. Phil. 33 b; καὶ σύγκρισις, Pol. 1, 2, 2; auch παραβολὴν ποιεῖσθαι πρός τι, mit Etwas vergleichen, Isocr. 12, 227; – bei den Rhetoren ein erdichtetes Gleichniß, eine Parabel, Arist. rhet. 2, 20 u. Rhett.; – das Nebeneinanderstellen, Zusammentreffen, Plat. Tim. 40 c; ἐκ παραβολῆς (νεῶν) μάχεσθαι, ein Seetreffen liefern, wenn die Schiffe dicht an einander liegen, Pol. 15, 2, 13; vgl. D. Sic. 14, 60; – das aufs Spiel setzen, Wagniß, Plut. Arat. 22. – Bei den Mathem. der Kegelschnitt, die Parabel.
