Parabola, pen. cor. Quint. A comparison or resemblance: a parable.Paracentêsis.An harde and painefull curing of the wound by sowing or pricking.Paracenterium.An instrumÊt wherewith such a cure is done.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
părăbŏla, ae, and părăbŏlē, ēs, f., = parabolh/, 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.
