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|Definition=παραφυάδος, ἡ, ([[παραφύω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[side-growth]],<br><span class="bld">1</span> in plants, [[sucker]], [[off shoot]], opp. [[παρασπάς]], [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 2.2.4, cf. ''1'' ''Enoch'' 26.1: metaph., παραφυάδι ἔοικε τοῦ ὄντος [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1096a21, cf.Ph.1.330 (pl.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> in animals, [[branch]] of a vein, Hp.''Oss.''18; of certain [[appendage]]s in the [[ἀστακός]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''526a29, cf. ''PA''672b27.<br><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., of [[branch]]es of a [[discussion]], Stob.2.7.2, ''EM''784.28, etc.; also, τὸ πρός τι παραφυάδι ἐοικός Plot.6.2.16. [ῡ in Nic. ''Fr.''80, perhaps metri gr.]