parallelos

parallēlos, on u. parallēlus, a, um (παράλληλος), parallel, parallelos linea, Vitr.: parallelae lineae, Boëth.: paralleli circuli, Macr., u. bl. paralleli, Plin. u. Solin., die Weltabschnitte (segmenta mundi) an der Himmelskugel, Parallelkreise.

parallelos, ~us [LL < παράλληλος] 1 (as adj.) parallel. linea solstitii mundi curvatur ad axes / orbe paralello Hanv. VIII 398. 2 (as sb. m.) parallel line (spec. of celestial sphere). b zone limited by parallel lines. equinoctialis cum quatuor circulis minoribus dicuntur paralelli quasi eque distantes Sacrob. Sph. 93; mundi giravit paralellum [gl.: circulum equinoctialem sive solsticialem] crux mediantem / horas equantem cum sol hac parte meavit Garl. Mor. Scol. 323.  b hec [sc. astronomia] ‥ ~os colurosque depingit Adel. ED 32; quod zonas partiuntur, ~os disterminant, cum signis suis obliquant zodiacum J. Sal. Pol. 440B. 3 peer, equal (of a person). quod volebam facere ducum paralellos / per vicos incedere video misellos Peckham Def. Mend. 49. 4 fret on a lute. þe frets of a lute, paralelli, -orum Levins Manip. 212.

părallēlŏs, ŏn et părallēlus, a, um (παράλληλος), parallèle : Vitr. Arch. 5, 8 || paralleli circuli et abs^t paralleli, m. pl., les parallèles [en t. dʼastron.] : Plin. 6, 212 ; Capel. 8, 817.