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|lshtext=<b>părĭēs</b>: ĕtis, m. (in Verg. A. 2, 442; 5, 589, pārietibus, quadrisyl.; see Carey's Lat. Prosody, § 47, p. 173) [kindr. [[with]] Sanscr. paryanta, from pari-iyanta, [[margo]]; Gr. [[πέρας]], [[πεῖραρ]]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[wall]] (cf.: [[murus]], [[maceria]]): aut permaceat [[paries]] [[percussus]] trifaci, Enn. ap. Fest. s. v. [[trifax]], p. 367 Müll. (Ann. v. 524 Vahl.): tosti alti stant parietes, id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 116 ib.): perfodere parietem, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 64; id. As. 3, 2, 17: perforator parietum, a [[term]] of [[abuse]], id. Ps. 4, 2, 24: [[quasi]] mus, in [[medio]] pariete vorsabere, id. Cas. 1, 52; id. Trin. 4, 3, 32: quae ([[domus]] nostra) non ea est, [[quam]] parietes nostri cingunt, etc., Cic. Rep. 1, 13, 19; cf. id. ib. 3, 9, 14; id. Mil. 27, 75; id. Top. 4, 22: parietes disturbare, id. Par. 4, 1, 28: [[itaque]] parietes [[modo]] urbis stant; rem [[vero]] publicam [[penitus]] amisimus, the walls, the houses, id. Off. 2, 8, 29: interiores templi parietes, id. Verr. 2, 4, 55, § 122: [[intra]] parietes aluit eam gloriam, [[quam]], etc., id. Brut. 8, 32; id. Quint. 11, 38: parietes [[turris]] lateribus exstruere, Caes. B. C. 2, 9: parietibus [[textum]] caecis [[iter]], Verg. A. 5, 589: [[fissus]] tenui rimā [[paries]], Ov. M. 4, 65: quae pro pariete subjectae et omni opere conjunctae, [[like]] a [[wall]], Caes. B. G. 4, 17: non communione parietum sed propriis muris, Tac. A. 15, 43.—Of walls of wickerwork: et [[paries]] [[lento]] vimine [[textus]] erat, Ov. F. 6, 262: craticii parietes, Vitr. 2, 8; Plin. 35, 14, 48, § 169; 17, 10, 11, § 62: craticulam et parietes, the [[top]] and sides, Vulg. Exod. 30, 3.—Prov.: tua res agitur, [[paries]] cum [[proximus]] ardet, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84: utrosque parietes linere, to [[carry]] on [[both]] shoulders, Petr. 39: duos parietes de eādem fideliā dealbare, to [[kill]] [[two]] birds [[with]] one [[stone]], Cur. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 29, 2: in caducum parietem inclinare, to [[lean]] on a [[broken]] [[reed]], Spart. Hadr. 23.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.: [[neve]] [[inter]] vos significetis ego ero [[paries]], [[partition]]-[[wall]], Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 14: densitatis, [[rampart]], Plin. 17, 10, 11, § 62.
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