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|lshtext=<b>pār</b>: păris (collat. form of the<br /><b>I</b> nom. fem. paris, [[Atta]] ap. Prisc. p. 764 P.—Abl. pari and [[pare]], acc. to [[Charis]]. p. 14 P.; Prisc. p. 763 ib.; the latterpoet.—Gen. plur. usu. parĭum; [[parum]], acc. to Plin. ap. [[Charis]]. p. 110 P.), adj. cf. Sanscr. para, [[another]], and [[prae]], [[equal]] (cf.: [[aequus]], [[similis]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[par]] est, [[quod]] in omnes aequabile est, Cic. Inv. 2, 22, 67: [[par]] et [[aequalis]] [[ratio]], id. Or. 36, 123: [[aequo]] et pari jure cum civibus vivere, id. Off. 1, 34, 124: [[vita]] beata ... [[par]] et [[similis]] deorum, id. N. D. 2, 61, 153: est [[finitimus]] oratori poëta ac [[paene]] [[par]], id. de Or. 1, 16, 70: pari [[atque]] eādem in laude aliquem ponere, id. Mur. 9, 21: intelleges de hoc judicium [[meum]] et horum [[par]] et unum fuisse, id. Sull. 2, 5: pares in amore [[atque]] aequales, id. Lael. 9, 32: libertate esse parem ceteris, id. Phil. 1, 14, 34: [[verbum]] Latinum ([[voluptas]]) [[par]] Graeco ([[ἡδονή]]) et [[idem]] [[valens]], id. Fin. 2, 4, 12: pares ejusdem generis munitiones, of [[equal]] [[size]], Caes. B. G. 7, 74: similia omnia [[magis]] visa hominibus, [[quam]] paria, Liv. 45, 43: pares similesque ([[affectus]]), Sen. Ira, 1, 19 et saep.: [[quod]] in re pari valet, valeat in hac, quae [[par]] est ... valeat [[aequitas]], quae paribus in causis paria jura desiderat, Cic. Top. 4, 23: si ingenia omnia paria esse non possunt: jura [[certe]] paria debent esse eorum [[inter]] se, qui sunt cives in eādem re publicā, id. Rep. 1, 32, 49: [[necesse]] est eam esse naturam, ut omnia omnibus paribus paria respondeant, id. N. D. 1, 19, 50; id. Fam. 5, 2, 3: equites Ariovisti pari [[intervallo]] constiterunt, Caes. B. G. 1, 43: hi (equites), dum pari certamine res geri potuit, etc., i. e. horsemen [[against]] horsemen, id. B. C. 1, 51.— Poet., [[with]] a respective gen. or inf.: aetatis mentisque pares, Sil. 4, 370: et cantare pares et respondere parati, Verg. E. 7, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The [[thing]] [[with]] [[which]] the [[comparison]] is made is [[most]] freq. added in the dat.: quem ego parem summis Peripateticis judico, Cic. Div. 1, 3, 5: in his omnibus [[par]] iis, quos [[antea]] commemoravi, id. Clu. 38, 107: omni [[illi]] et virtute et laude [[par]], id. Planc. 11, 27: [[isti]] [[par]] in belligerando, id. Font. 12, 26: [[par]] anseribus, as [[large]] as, Juv. 5, 114: prodigio [[par]], i. e. [[extremely]] [[rare]], id. 4, 97.—In [[sup]].: QVOIVS FORMA VIRTVTEI PARISVMA FVIT, Epit. of the Scipios, Inscr. Orell. 550: parissumi estis hibus, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 20.—Adverb. (colloq. and [[very]] [[rare]]): feceris [[par]] tuis ceteris factis, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With gen. ([[with]] this [[case]] [[par]] is treated as a [[substantive]]; [[rare]] [[but]] [[class]].), an [[equal]], [[counterpart]], etc.: ei erat [[hospes]], [[par]] illius, [[Siculus]], etc., his [[counterpart]], Plaut. Rud. prol. 49: cujus paucos pares haec [[civitas]] tulit, Cic. Pis. 4, 8: quem metuis [[par]] hujus erat, Luc. 10, 382: [[ubique]] eum parem sui invenies, Front. Ep. ad Amic. 1, 6: vestrae fortitudinis, Phaedr. 4, 15, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With abl. ([[rare]]): scalas pares moenium altitudine, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Arus. Mess. p. 253 Lindem.: in quā [[par]] [[facies]] nobilitate suā, Ov. F. 6, 804.—（ε) With cum ([[class]].): non praecipuam, sed parem cum ceteris fortunae condicionem subire, Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 7: ut [[enim]] [[cetera]] paria Tuberoni cum Varo fuissent, etc., id. Lig. 9, 27: quem tu parem cum liberis tuis regnique participem fecisti, Sall. J. 14, 9 (cited ap. Arus. Mess. p. 253 Lindem.; [[but]] in Cic. Phil. 1, 14, 34, [[read]] parem ceteris). —（ζ) With [[inter]] se ([[class]].): sunt omnes pares [[inter]] se, Cic. Par. 1, 2, 11; id. de Or. 1, 55, 236.—（η) With et, [[atque]] (ac) ([[class]].): cum [[par]] habetur [[honos]] summis et infimis, Cic. Rep. 1, 34, 53: omnia fuisse in Themistocle paria et Coriolano, id. Brut. 11, 43: [[tametsi]] haudquaquam [[par]] [[gloria]] sequatur scriptorem et auctorem rerum, Sall. C. 3, 2: quos [[postea]] in parem juris libertatisque condicionem [[atque]] ipsi erant, receperunt, Caes. B. G. 1, 28; so [[with]] [[atque]], id. ib. 5, 13, 2: si parem sapientiam hic habet ac formam, Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 36: [[neque]] mihi [[par]] [[ratio]] cum Lucilio est ac [[tecum]] fuit, Cic. N. D. 3, 1, 3: in quo offensae minimum, [[gratia]] [[par]], ac si [[prope]] adessemus, Sall. J. 102, 7.—（θ) The [[object]] of [[comparison]] is [[sometimes]] not expressed: cui [[repugno]], [[quoad]] [[possum]], sed [[adhuc]] pares non sumus, i.e. not [[equal]] to the [[task]], [[able]], Cic. Att. 12, 15: pari [[proelio]], [[indecisive]], Nep. Them. 3, 3: pares validaeque miscentur, Tac. G. 20: cum paria esse coeperunt, Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 6: si [[periculum]] [[par]] et [[ardor]] certaminis eos irritaret, Liv. 24, 39, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Equal to, a [[match]] for [[any]] one in [[any]] [[respect]]: quibus ne di [[quidem]] immortales pares esse possint, Caes. B. G. 4, 7 fin.: qui pares esse nostro exercitu (dat.) non potuerint, id. ib. 1, 40, 7; cf.: [[ille]], [[quod]] [[neque]] se parem armis existimabat, et, etc., Sall. J. 20, 5: non sumus pares, not on an [[equality]], Juv. 3, 104: exime hunc mihi [[scrupulum]], cui [[par]] esse non [[possum]], Plin. Ep. 3, 17, 2: habebo, Q. Fabi, parem, quem das, Hannibalem, an [[opponent]], [[adversary]], Liv. 28, 44: [[inter]] pares [[aemulatio]], Tac. A. 2, 47: [[ope]] Palladis Tydiden Superis parem, Hor. C. 1, 6, 15.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Equal in [[station]] or [[age]], of the [[same]] [[rank]], of the [[same]] [[age]] (syn. [[aequalis]]): ut coëat [[par]] Jungaturque pari, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 25: si [[qua]] voles [[apte]] nubere, nube pari, Ov. H. 9, 32; Petr. 25, 5.—Prov.: pares vetere proverbio cum paribus facillime congregantur, i. e. birds of a [[feather]] [[flock]] [[together]], Cic. Sen. 3, 7.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Par est, it is [[fit]], [[meet]], [[suitable]], [[proper]], [[right]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With a [[subject]]-[[clause]] ([[class]].; syn.: [[oportet]], aequum, justum est): amorin me an rei opsequi [[potius]] [[par]] [[sit]], Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 6: posterius [[istaec]] te [[magis]] [[par]] agere'st, id. Pers. 5, 2, 21: canem esse hanc [[par]] fuit, id. Curc. 1, 2, 17: [[par]] est [[primum]] ipsum esse virum [[bonum]], tum, etc., Cic. Lael. 22, 82: sic [[par]] est agere cum civibus, id. Off. 2, 23, 83: dubitans, [[quid]] me facere [[par]] [[sit]], id. Att. 9, 9, 2: [[quicquid]] erit, [[quod]] me scire [[par]] [[sit]], id. ib. 15, 17, 2: quibus (ornamentis) [[fretum]] ad consulatūs petitionem aggredi [[par]] est, id. Mur. 7, 15; id. Rab. Perd. 11, 31; cf.: ex quo intellegi [[par]] est, eos qui, etc., id. Leg. 2, 5, 11. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ut [[par]] est (erat, etc.; [[class]].): ita, ut constantibus hominibus [[par]] erat, Cic. Div. 2, 55, 114: ut [[par]] fuit, id. Verr. 2, 5, 4, § 10. —*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With ut: non [[par]] videtur [[neque]] [[sit]] consentaneum ... ut, etc., Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 31.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Par pari respondere, or [[par]] pro pari referre, to [[return]] [[like]] for [[like]], of a'[[repartee]]: [[par]] pari respondet, Plaut. Truc. 5, 47; id. Merc. 3, 4, 44; id. Pers. 2, 2, 11; cf.: paria paribus respondimus, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 23: ut [[sit]] [[unde]] [[par]] pari respondeatur, id. ib. 16, 7, 6: [[par]] pro pari referto, [[quod]] eam mordeat, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 55 Fleck., Umpfenb., cited ap. Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 19 (Bentl. ex conject. [[par]], pari; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 281, ed. 5).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Paria facere, to equalize or [[balance]] a [[thing]] [[with]] [[any]] [[thing]], to [[settle]], [[pay]] ([[post]]-Aug.): cum rationibus domini paria facere, to [[pay]]. Col. 1, 8, 13; 11, 1, 24. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trop.: cum [[aliter]] [[beneficium]] detur, [[aliter]] reddatur, paria facere [[difficile]] est, to [[return]] [[like]] for [[like]], to [[repay]] [[with]] the [[same]] [[coin]], Sen. Ben. 3, 9, 2: [[denique]] debet poenas: non est [[quod]] cum [[illo]] paria faciamus, [[repay]] him, id. Ira, 3, 25, 1: [[nihil]] differamus, cotidie cum vitā paria faciamus, [[settle]] [[our]] accounts [[with]] [[life]], id. Ep. 101, 7; Plin. 2, 86, 88, § 202; so, parem rationem facere, Sen. Ep. 19, 10.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>6</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ludere [[par]] [[impar]], to [[play]] at [[even]] and [[odd]], Hor. S. 2, 3, 248: August. ap. Suet. Aug. 71 fin.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>7</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ex pari, adverb., in an [[equal]] [[manner]], on an [[equal]] [[footing]] ([[post]]-Aug.): [[sapiens]] cum diis ex pari vivit, Sen. Ep. 59, 14.<br /><b>II</b> Transf., subst.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> pār, păris, m., a [[companion]], [[comrade]], [[mate]], [[spouse]]: [[plebs]] venit, et adcumbit cum [[pare]] [[quisque]] suo, Ov. F. 3, 526: jungi cum [[pare]] suā, id. ib. 3, 193: edicere est [[ausus]] cum [[illo]] suo pari, quem omnibus vitiis superare cupiebat, ut, etc., Cic. Pis. 8, 18.—Esp., a [[table]] [[companion]], = όμόκλινος: [[atque]] ibi [[opulentus]] [[tibi]] [[par]] [[forte]] obvenerit, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 68 Brix ad loc.: [[cedo]] parem quem pepigi, id. Pers. 5, 1, 15 (v. also I. A. γ. [[supra]]).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> pār, păris, n., a [[pair]]: gladiatorum [[par]] nobilissimum, Cic. Opt. Gen. Or. 6, 17: [[ecce]] [[tibi]] geminum in scelere [[par]], id. Phil. 11, 1, 2: [[par]] nobile fratrum, Hor. S. 2, 3, 243: [[par]] columbarum, Ov. M. 13, 833: [[par]] mularum, Gai. Inst. 3, 212: [[par]] oculorum, Suet. Rhet. 5: tria aut quatuor paria amicorum, Cic. Lael. 4, 15: scyphorum paria complura, id. Verr. 2, 2, 19, § 47: paria (gladiatorum) ordinaria et postulaticia, Sen. Ep. 7, 3: pocula oleaginea paria duo, Lab. Dig. 32, 1, 30.Hence>, adv.: părĭter, [[equally]], in an [[equal]] [[degree]], in [[like]] [[manner]], as [[well]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: dispartiantur patris bona [[pariter]], Afran. ap. Non. 375, 1: ut nostra in amicos [[benevolentia]] illorum [[erga]] nos benevolentiae [[pariter]] aequaliterque respondeat, Cic. Lael. 16, 56: laetamur amicorum laetitiā [[aeque]] [[atque]] nostrā, et [[pariter]] dolemus angoribus, id. Fin. 1, 20, 65: caritate non [[pariter]] omnes egemus, id. Off. 2, 8, 30: ut [[pariter]] extrema terminentur, id. Or. 12, 38; Phaedr. 5, 2, 10: et gustandi et [[pariter]] tangendi magna judicia sunt, Cic. N. D. 2, 58, 146: nulla pro sociā obtinet, [[pariter]] omnes viles sunt, id. ib. 80, 7; Quint. 9, 3, 102: cuncta [[pariter]] Romanis adversa, Tac. A. 1, 64: tantumdem est; feriunt [[pariter]], all the [[same]], [[nevertheless]], Juv. 3, 298.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With cum: [[Siculi]] [[mecum]] [[pariter]] [[moleste]] ferent, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 173: [[pariter]] [[nobiscum]] progredi, Auct. Her. 3, 1, 1; Verg. A. 1, 572.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With ut, [[atque]] (ac): is ex se hunc reliquit filium [[pariter]] moratum, ut [[pater]] avusque hujus fuit, Plaut. Aul. prol. 21: [[pariter]] hoc [[fit]], [[atque]] ut [[alia]] facta sunt, id. Am. 4, 1, 11: vultu [[pariter]] [[atque]] [[animo]] [[varius]], Sall. J. 113, 3: [[pariter]] ac si [[hostis]] adesset, id. ib. 46, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With et ... et: pariterque et ad se tuendum et ad hostem petendum, Liv. 31, 35: [[pariter]] et [[habitus]] et nomina edocebuntur, Quint. 1, 1, 25; Ov. M. 11, 556.—（ε) With dat. (in [[late]] poets, and [[once]] in Liv.): [[pariter]] ultimae (gentes) propinquis, imperio parerent, the remotest as [[well]] as the nearest, Liv. 38, 16; Stat. Th. 5, 121; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 166.—* (ζ) With [[qualis]]: [[pariter]] suades, [[qualis]] es, Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 37. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Like [[simul]], of [[equality]] in [[time]] or in [[association]], at the [[same]] [[time]], [[together]]: nam plura castella [[Pompeius]] [[pariter]], distinendae manūs causā, tentaverat, at the [[same]] [[time]], [[together]], Caes. B. C. 3, 52: [[pariter]] decurrere, Liv. 22, 4, 6: ut [[pariter]] et socii rem inciperent, id. 3, 22, 6; 10, 5, 7; 26, 48 fin.; cf.: plura [[simul]] invadimus, si aut tam infirma sunt, ut [[pariter]] impelli possint, aut, etc., Quint. 5, 13, 11; so, [[pariter]] multos invadere, id. 5, 7, 5: [[pariter]] [[ire]], id. 1, 1, 14; 1, 12, 4; Tac. H. 4. 56; Plin. 26, 8, 40, § 66.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With cum (so [[commonly]] in Cic.): conchyliis omnibus contingere, ut cum lunā [[pariter]] crescant pariterque decrescant, Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33; cf. id. de Or. 3, 3, 10: studia doctrinae [[pariter]] cum aetate crescunt, id. Sen. 14, 50: [[pariter]] cum vitā [[sensus]] amittitur, id. Tusc. 1, 11, 24: equites [[pariter]] cum occasu solis expeditos educit, Sall. J. 68, 2; 77, 1; 106, 5: [[pariter]] cum collegā, Liv. 10, 21, 14; 27, 17, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With et, [[atque]], que: inventionem et dispositionem [[pariter]] exercent, Quint. 10, 5, 14; 1, 1, 25: quibus [[mens]] [[pariter]] [[atque]] [[oratio]] insurgat, id. 12, 2, 28: seriis jocisque [[pariter]] accommodato, id. 6, 3, 110.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With dat. ([[poet]].), Stat. Th. 5, 122: pariterque favillis Durescit [[glacies]], Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 165.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In [[order]] to [[give]] greater [[vivacity]] to the [[expression]], reduplicated: [[pariter]] ... [[pariter]], as [[soon]] as ([[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug [[prose]]): hanc [[pariter]] vidit, [[pariter]] Calydo nius [[heros]] Optavit, Ov. M. 8, 324; Plin. Ep. 8, 23 fin.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In [[like]] [[manner]], [[likewise]], also: pariterque oppidani agere, Sall. J. 60, 1: [[postquam]] [[pariter]] nymphas incedere vidit, Ov. M. 2, 445.
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|gf=<b>pār</b>,⁶ păris.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>I</b> adj.,<br /><b>1</b> égal, pareil [sous le rapport des dimensions, de la quantité, de la valeur, etc.]: sint pares in amore et æquales Cic. Læl. 32, que dans l’affection ils aillent de pair et à égalité [même degré, même qualité d’affection] ; pari [[intervallo]] Cæs. G. 1, 43, 3, à un intervalle égal ; pari certamine Cæs. C. 1, 51, 5, dans un combat de même nature [cavaliers contre cavaliers] || [avec dat.] égal à, par alicui, égal à qqn : Cic. Clu. 107 ; Br. 143 ; Div. 1, 5, etc.; [[verbum]] Latinum par Græco Cic. Fin. 2, 13, mot latin équivalent du mot grec || [avec gén.] alicujus Cic. Pis. 8, égal de qqn || [avec abl., [[rare]] : scalæ pares mœnium altitudine Sall. H. 4, 14, échelles de longueur égale à la hauteur des remparts, cf. Ov. F. 6, 804 || [avec cum ] : parem cum ceteris fortunæ condicionem subire Cic. Rep. 1, 7, subir un sort égal à celui des autres hommes, cf. Cic. Lig. 27 ; Br. 215 ; Sall. J. 14, 9 || [avec [[inter]] se ] : pares [[inter]] se Cic. Par. 11, égaux entre eux, cf. Cic. de Or. 1, 236, etc. || [avec ac ou [[atque]] ] : Cic. Rab. perd. 14 ; Nat. 3, 3 ; Cæs. G. 1, 28, 5 ; 5, 13, 2 ; C. 3, 101, 5 ; Nep. Hann. 7, 5 ; par ac si Sall. J. 102, 7 ; Tac. Ann. 12, 60, le même que si || [avec et ] : Cic. Rep. 1, 53 ; Br. 43<br /><b>2</b> apparié, semblable : pares cum paribus congregantur Cic. CM 7, qui se ressemble s’assemble, cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 25<br /><b>3</b> égal, à hauteur de, de même force : [[sese]] unis Suebis concedere, quibus ne [[dii]] [[quidem]] immortales pares [[esse]] possint Cæs. G. 4, 7, 5, ils ne s’effacent que devant les Suèves, que les dieux immortels eux-mêmes ne peuvent égaler ; [[Latine]] dicendo cuivis erat par Cic. Br. 128, il ne le cédait à personne pour la pureté du langage ; par alicui consilio Cic. Font. 24, au niveau de qqn pour la prudence ; [av. inf.] cantare pares Virg. B. 7, 5, d’égale force dans le chant || ut par [[sis]] in utriusque orationis facultate Cic. Off. 1, 1, pour que tu sois d’égale force dans les deux langues<br /><b>4</b> par [[est]], il [[est]] approprié, convenable : ut par fuit Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, ainsi qu’il convenait ; [[sic]] par [[est]] agere cum civibus Cic. Off. 2, 83, voilà comme il convient d’agir avec ses concitoyens, cf. Cic. Læl. 82 ; etc.<br /><b>5</b> par [[numerus]] Cic. Ac. 2, 32, nombre pair.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>II</b> pris subst<sup>t</sup>,<br /><b>1</b> m., f., <b> a)</b> compagnon (compagne), pair, le semblable de qqn : Cic. Pis. 18 || = époux, épouse : Ov. F. 3, 193 ; 3, 526 ; <b> b)</b> l’antagoniste qu’on appariait à un combattant dans les combats de gladiateurs : Liv. 28, 2, 8<br /><b>2</b> n., <b> a)</b> paire, couple : gladiatorum par Cic. Opt. 17, un couple de gladiateurs, cf. Cic. Phil. 11, 2 ; Hor. S. 2, 3, 243 ; Ov. M. 13, 833 ; tria paria amicorum Cic. Læl. 15, trois couples d’amis, cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 47 ; <b> b)</b> chose égale : par pari respondet Pl. Truc. 939, l’un vaut l’autre ; paria paribus respondimus Cic. Att. 6, 1, 22, j’ai répondu du même au même des choses de même valeur] ; par [[pro]] pari referre Ter. Eun. 445, rendre la pareille ; sit [[unde]] par pari respondeatur Cic. Att. 16, 7, 6, qu’il y ait de [[quoi]] payer une somme égale à la somme due ; ludere par [[impar]] Hor. S. 2, 3, 248, jouer à pair ou impair || paria facere Sen. Ben. 3, 9, 2, faire la balance entre deux comptes ; paria facere cum [[aliquo]] Sen. Ep. 101, 7, régler un [[compte]] avec qqn [cf. parem rationem facere cum [[aliquo]] Sen. Ep. 19, 10, balancer un [[compte]] avec qqn, être quitte] || ex pari Sen. Ep. 59, 14, de pair, sur le pied d’égalité ; <b> c)</b> [rhét.] paria (ἰσόκωλα ou πάρισα), membres de phrase de même longueur : paria paribus adjuncta Cic. Or. 175, membres de phrase de même longueur placés côte à côte (parallèlement) ; [[sive]] paria paribus redduntur Cic. Or. 164, soit que des membres égaux soient placés en réplique l’un de l’autre (comme pendants, symétriquement), cf. Cic. Or. 38 ; [sing. même sens, [[rare]] : Cic. Or. 220. nom. f. [[paris]] [[Atta]] 14 || abl. pari, mais pare dans le cas du subst. II 1, α || superl. parisumus CIL 1, 7 ; parissumus Pl. Curc. 506.
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