I. (parox.) with a side-meaning, deceitful, “παραιβόλα κερτομέουσιν” h.Merc.56.
II. exposing oneself or what belongs to one: hence,
1. of persons, venturesome, reckless, Ar.V.192; “πρὸς κινδύνους παραβολωτάτω” App.BC2.149; “φιλοκίνδυνος καὶ π. ἐν ταῖς μάχαις” D.S.19.3. Adv. -λως desperately, recklessly, “π. πλεῖν” Men.643; π. κινδυνεῦσαι, χρῆσθαι τῷ πολέμῳ, διαγωνίσασθαι, Plb.16.5.6, 2.47.3, Plu.Phil.5: Comp. “-ώτερον” Id.Phoc.6.
2. of things and actions, hazardous, perilous, “ἔργον” Hdt.9.45; “π. καὶ χαλεπὸν πρᾶγμα” Isoc.6.49; “π. ὁ λόγος ἴσως ἔστ᾽” Men.Sam.113; “π. καὶ καλὰ ἔργα” Plb.18.53.1; “-ώτερον ἀγώνισμα” Id.1.58.1; “πρᾶξις ἀνέλπιστος καὶ -ωτάτη” D.S.20.3; “ἡ τόλμα καὶ τὸ π.” Plb.3.61.6; “π. θρασύτης” Plu. Num.8; “θρασὺ καὶ π.” Cat.Cod.Astr.1.164.13 (-βουλον cod.); also π. ὁδοί, τόποι, dangerous roads, etc., Heraclit.Incred.21, Plb.5.14.9; τὰ π. bold metaphors, Longin.32.4; “τὸ π. τῆς ζητήσεως” Simp. in Cael. 481.19.
3. Adv. -λως in an extraordinary manner, “ἡ τύχη μεταβιβάσασά τινας π.” Plb.1.58.1; “π. διας ῴζεσθαι” App.Hann.38.
III. παράβολον, τό, as law-term, deposit made in lodging an appeal, Arist. Fr.456, v.l. in Oec.1348b13; Dor. πάρβολον , prob. in Foed.Delph. Pell.4A10, IG12(3).254.25 (Anaphe).
2. border along the edge of a garment, ib.22.1514.41.
