ἐπάλλαξις

A. interweaving or dovetailing, Antipho Soph. 20 (pl.); αἱ ἐ. τοῦ χάρακος Plb. 18.18.11; ἡ ἐ. τῶν δακτύλων crossing of two fingers so as to feel double, Arist. Metaph. 1011a33, Insomn. 460b20, Pr. 958b14; linking together, Id. Mete. 387a12.

2. overlapping of species, Id. GA 732b15; confusion of different things, Str. 12.8.2.

b. alternation, Pl. Sph. 240c.

3. change, θέσεως Hierocl. in CA 1p.419M.; διαιτημάτων Gal. 6.59 (pl.); varieties of abnormal constitutions, ib.385 (pl.).