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|Definition=ον, (παραφέρω) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[borne aside]], [[carried away]], οὕτω π. πρὸς δόξαν <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Them.</span>3</span>; of a bandage, [[liable to slip]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span> 4</span>; of a shot, [[deviating]] from its course, <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>80.9</span>,al.; [[glancing off]] an obstacle, ib.<span class="bibl">84.16</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[reeling]], [[staggering]], στείχειν π. ποδί <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span> 1050</span>; <b class="b3">δρόμοι π</b>. Plu.2.501d; <b class="b3">παράφορον βαδίζειν</b>, of a drunkard, Luc.<span class="title">Vit. Auct.</span> 12; τὸ π. τῶν πινόντων <span class="bibl">Corn.<span class="title">ND</span>30</span> : c. inf., <b class="b3">σπείρειν π. ὁ μεθύων</b> [[unsteady]] for sowing seed, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>775d</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> c. gen., [[wandering away from]], <b class="b3">παράφορος ξυνέσεως</b> [[deranged]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Sph.</span>228d</span> : abs., [[mad]], [[frenzicd]], <b class="b3">μῦθοι ἀπίθανοι καὶ π</b>. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Art.</span>1</span>; simply, [[misled]], prob. in <span class="bibl">Teles p.9</span> H. (<b class="b3">-φρονοι</b> codd. Stob.) : neut. as Adv., of a madman, <b class="b3">παράφορον δέρκεσθαι, ἀναβοᾶν</b>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Fug.</span>19</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Am.</span>13</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Act., [[confusing]], γνάμης <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Prorrh.</span>1.36</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> παράφορον, τό, a kind of [[alumina]], <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>35.184</span>.</span>