{"def":{"short":"apparently a state alongside of supposition, i.e., (concretely) an adage; specially, an enigmatical or fictitious illustration","long":["a saying out of the usual course or deviating from the usual manner of speaking",["a current or trite saying, a proverb"],"any dark saying which shadows forth some didactic truth",["especially a symbolic or figurative saying","speech or discourse in which a thing is illustrated by the use of similes and comparisons","an allegory",["extended and elaborate metaphor"]]]},"deriv":"from a compound of G3844 and perhaps a derivative of G3633","pronun":{"ipa":"pɑ.ryˈmi.ɑ","ipa_mod":"pɑ.ryˈmi.ɑ","sbl":"paroimia","dic":"pa-roo-MEE-ah","dic_mod":"pa-roo-MEE-ah"},"see":["G3633","G3844"]}