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ἀλληγορέω
ἀλληγορέω, ( ἀγορεύω)

ShortDef

to speak so as to imply something other than what is said, to interpret allegorically

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Headword:
ἀλληγορέω
Headword (normalized):
ἀλληγορέω
Headword (normalized/stripped):
αλληγορεω
Intro Text:
ἀλληγορέω, ( ἀγορεύω)
IDX:
4455
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n4391
Key:
a)llhgore/w

Senses and Citations (From Data)

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Children (1)
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interpret allegorically, Ἕλληνες Κρόνον ἀλληγοροῦσι τὸν χρόνον Plu. Isid. 2.363d, cf. Es. carn. 2 996b, Heraclit. All. 1 :— Pass., to be spoken allegorically, Ep.Gal. 4.24 ; ἀλληγορεῖται ὁ Ἀπόλλων εἰς τὸν Ἥλιον, Sch. S. Aj. 186.
Citations (1)
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Plu. Isid. 2.363d
Ἕλληνες Κρόνον ἀλληγοροῦσι τὸν χρόνον
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Children (1)
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Children (1)
2
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speak figuratively or metaphorically, Demetr. Eloc. 151, 285; speak allegorically, J. AJ Prooem.

Citations (From Models)

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