παρακρούω

A. strike aside, οὐκ ἄν σε παρακρούοι ἡ παροῦσα συμφορά will not put you out, bias your judgement, Pl. Cri. 47a:—Pass., to be led astray, go wrong, ἄθρει . . πῇ παρακρουόμεθα Id. Ly. 215c ; ἐφενακίσθητε καὶ παρεκρούσθητε D. 23.107 ; μὴ παρακρουσθῆτε be not diverted from the point, Id. 21.160; ὑπό τινος by one, Aeschin. 1.170 ; περί τινος about a thing, Plb. 23.3.3 (s.v.l.); τὰ σφάλματα, ἃ αὺτὸς ὑφ’ ἑαυτοῦ . . παρεκέκρουστο the faults into which he had been misled, Pl. Tht. 168a.

2. Med., mislead, deceive, cheat, esp. by fallacies, π. καὶ παραλογίζεσθαι Isoc. 12.243; τὰς δόξας τῶν ἀκροωμένων π. ib. 271, cf.Pl. Cra. 393c, D. 2.5, 18.276, Din. 1.40, Arist. Pol. 1297a10, Metaph. 1025a6, Men. Epit. 329, PSI 4.442.24 (iii B.C.), etc.; τηλικουτονὶ πρᾶγμα π. τοὺς δικαστάς D. 43.39 : pf. Pass. παρακέκροὑς)μαι in sense of Med., Id. 6.23, Luc. Tim. 57.

3. Med., metaph., crack, φυλάττου μὴ πεσὼν σαυτὸν παρακρούσῃ Phryn. Com.58.

II. strike away, parry, Them. Or. 32.359b:—but usu. Med., π. ταῖς μχαίραις τοὺς κοντούς Plu. Luc. 28, cf. Sull. 18 ; shun, avoid, τὸν θρίαμβον Id. 2.198b.

III. παρακεκροῦσθαι τῶν φρενῶν to be driven from one's senses, Com.Adesp. 705:—so also intr. in Act., πάντα παρέκρουσε Hp. Epid. 1.26.ᾱ.

IV. ἡ ὀθόνη παρακέκρουσται is ready hoisted, Luc. Cat. 1 (s.v.l.).

V. perh. strike a horse sideways, IG 12.374.166.

VI. of a wrestler, make a feint, EM 652.48.

VII. of a seller, strike off too much from the top of the measure (from which signf. 1.2 is said to be derived), Harp.; cf. παρακρουσιχοίνικος.