παραβολή

Ancient Greek

noun
Definitions
  • a placing of two things side by side, juxtaposition
  • comparison, illustration, analogy
  • parable, proverb
  • side by side meeting or engagement, broadside
  • venture
  • (astronomy) conjunction
  • (mathematics) division
  • (geometry) parabola

Etymology

Affix from Ancient Greek παραβάλλω (set side by side).

Origin

Ancient Greek

παραβάλλω

Gloss

set side by side

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