ἀλλάσσω

A. ἤλλαττον Men. Epit. 466: fut. ‐άξω Thgn. 21: aor. ἤλλαξα E. Alc. 661: pf. ἤλλαχα(ἀπ‐) X. Mem. 3.13.6, (δι‐) Dionys. Com.2.10:—Med., fut. ἀλλάξομαι Luc. Tyr. 7, (ἀντ‐) E. Hel. 1088: aor. ἠλλαξάμην Id. El. 103, Antipho 5.79, Th. 8.82, etc.: pf. (in med. sense) ἤλλαγμαι(ἐν-) S. Aj. 208:—Pass., fut. ἀλλαχθήσομαι Trag. and Com., (ἀπ‐) E. Med. 878, Ar. Av. 940; ἀλλαγήσομαι in early Prose, (ἀπ‐) Hdt. 2.120, (ἐξαπ‐) Th. 4.28: aor. ἠλλάχθην and ἠλλάγην, former more freq. in S. and E., latter in Prose: pf. ἤλλαγμαι Antiph. 176, AP 9.67, al.: plpf. ἤλλακτο Hdt. 2.26. (More common in compds., esp. in later Gk.): (ἄλλος):—make other than it is, change, alter, τόπον Parm. 8.41; μορφήν Emp. 137; χροιάν E. Med. 1168; ἤλλαττε χρώματ’ Men. Epit. 466; τὸ ἑαυτοῦ εἶδος εἰς πολλὰς μορφάς Pl. R. 380d; χώραν Id. Prm. 139a.

II. ἀ. τί τινος give in exchange, barter one thing for another, τῆς σῆς λατρείας τὴν ἐμὴν δυσπραξίαν . . οὐκ ἂν ἀλλάξαιμ’ ἐγώ A. Pr. 967; τι ἀντί τινος E. Alc. 661:— Med., τὴν παραντίκα ἐλπίδα . . οὐδενὸς ἂν ἠλλάξαντο Th. 8.82.

2. repay, requite, φόνον φονεῦσιν E. El. 89.

3. leave, quit, οὐράνιον φῶς S. Ant. 944, cf. E. IT 193.

4. Med., ἔξω τρίβου ἀλλάσσεσθαι ἴχνος move one's position, Id. El. 103.

III. take one thing in exchange for another, κάκιον τοὐσθλοῦ παρεόντος Thgn. 21; πόνῳ πόνον ἀ. to exchange one suffering with another (nisi leg. πόνου), Trag.Adesp. 7.3; ἠλλαττόμεσθ’ ἂν δάκρυα δόντες χρυσίον should take in exchange, Philem. 73: ἀ. θνητὸν εἶδος assume it, E. Ba. 53, cf. 1331:—more freq. in Med., τί τινος one thing for another, εὐδαιμονίας κακοδαιμονίαν Antipho 5.79, cf. Pl. Lg. 733b; τὰ οἰκήϊα κακὰ ἀλλάξασθαι τοῖσι πλησίοισι exchange them with them, Hdt. 7.152: hence, buy, τι ἀντ’ ἀργυρίου Pl. R. 371c; διά τινος ὠνῆς ἢ καὶ πράσεως ἀλλάττεσθαί τί τινι Id. Lg. 915d, 915e; τοῦ παντὸς ἀ. prize above all things, Ph. Bel. 56.30.

2. take a new position, i.e. go to a place, ἀ.Ἅιδα θαλάμους E. Hec. 483; πόλιν ἐκ πόλεως Pl. Plt. 289e.

IV. abs., have dealings, as buyer or seller, in Med., πρός τινα Pl. Lg. 915e.

2. alternate, Emp. 17.6; σκῆπτρ’ ἔειν ἐνιαυτὸν ἀλλάσσοντε to enjoy power in turn, E. Ph. 74, cf. Pl. Ti. 42c:—Pass., ἀρεταὶ . . ἀλλασσόμεναι in turns, Pi. N. 11.38, cf. Arist. Pr. 940a15. V. Pass., to be reconciled, S. Fr. 997.