παραβολ-ή, ἡ,
juxtaposition, comparison, τῶν βίων [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 33b; π. καὶ σύγκρισις 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.2.2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν παραβολῇ by juxtaposition, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 104a28, compare 157a14; ἐκ παραβολῆς [prev. author] “Rh.” 1420a4. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 comparison, illustration, analogy, τὴν π. ἀπρεπῆ πεποιῆσθαι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.227 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. δὲ τὰ Σωκρατικά (distinguished from λόγος, apologue) [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1393b3; ἐκ τῶν θηρίων ποιεῖσθαι τὴν π. [prev. author] “Pol.” 1264b4. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 NT, parable, [[NT.Mark.12.1, +others] NT]; type, Ep. Hebrew 9.9, 11.19.
__4 by-word, proverb, [[ LXX.Eze.18.2, NT.Luke.4.23 ] LXX+NT]; in bad sense, εἰς π. ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι [[ LXX.Psa.43(44).14, cf. LXX.Wis.5.3. ] LXX]
__5 objection to an argument, [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.5 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II moving side by side, ἐκ παραβολῆς [νεῶν] μάχεσθαι to fight a sea-fight broadside to broadside, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 15.2.13, compare 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 14.60. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__III sidelong direction, obliquity, διὰ πολλῶν ἑλιγμῶν καὶ π. [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aratus” 22. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]