parabole

părăbŏla, ae, and părăbŏlē, ēs, f., = parabolê, a comparison.

I.

Lit.: in omni parabole aut praecedit similitudo, res sequitur;

aut praecedit res, similitude sequitur,

Quint. 8, 3, 77; 6, 3, 59:

qui simpliciter et demonstrandae rei causā eloquebantur, parabolis referti sunt,

Sen. Ep. 59, 5.—

II.

Transf., in eccl. Lat., an allegorical relation, a parable, Tert. adv. Marc. 3, 5; Aug. quaest. Evang. 2, 45; Vulg. Job, 27, 1; id. Matt. 13, 3 et saep.—

B.

A proverb, Vulg. 3 Reg. 4, 32.—

C.

A taunting speech, Vulg. Hab. 2, 6.—

D.

Any speech, esp. in phrase:

assumptā parabolā,

Vulg. Num. 23, 7.