παραφορά
Πρόσεχε τῷ ὑποκειμένῳ ἢ τῇ ἐνεργείᾳ ἢ τῷ δόγματι ἢ τῷ σημαινομένῳ. → Look to the essence of a thing, whether it be a point of doctrine, of practice, or of interpretation.
English (LSJ)
Ion. παραφο-ρή, Dor. παρφορά, ἡ,
A going aside, παραφορὰς ποιεῖσθαι to make itself by-streams, of a river, Agatharch.23. 2 movemnt to and fro, Sor.1.73 : pl., Id.2.14. 3 waving of a sword, Onos.26.1. II mostly of the mind, derangement, distraclion, A. Eu.330(lyr.) ; τῆς αἰσθήσιος Aret.CD1.5 ; π. ἐν μέθῃ Id.SD1.6 ; frenzy, π. καὶ ἔκστασις Iamb.Myst.3.7 ; π. τῆς διανοίας Plu.2.249b ; ποδῶν π. irregular gait, Adam.2.21. III Act., bringing up, furnishing, purveying, ζυγάστρων SIG247 ii 21 (Delph., iv B.C.), cf. PLond.3.974 ii 5 (iv A.D.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 506] ἡ, διανοίας, Geistesverrückung, Wahnsinn; Aesch. Eum. 326; Plut. u. sp. Medic.
