juxtaposition, comparison
παραβολ-ή,ἡ,
A. juxtaposition, comparison, τῶν βίων
Pl. Phlb. 33b
; π. καὶ σύγκρισις
Plb. 1.2.2
;ἐν παραβολῇbyjuxtaposition, 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. fromλόγος,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. objectionto an argument, Phld. Rh. 1.5
S.
II. moving side by side,ἐκ παραβολῆς [νεῶν] μάχεσθαιto fight a sea-fightbroadside 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 divisionof 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 byapplicationof 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 abscissaapplied tothe parameter, ib. 1.11 .
VIII.
= παράβολον (v.παράβολοςIII. 1 ), Arist. Oec. 1348b13 (vv. ll.παράβολον, -βόλιον), OGI 41.5 (Samos,iii B. C., pl.). PPetr. 3p.232 (iii B. C., pl.).
