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preposition

along side of (of rest): P. and V. παρά (dat.); of motion: P. and V. παρά (acc.).

at: P. and V. πρός (dat.), παρά (dat. or acc.), ἐπί (dat.).

near: P. and V. ἐγγύς (gen.); see near.

in adjurations to the gods: P. and V. μά (acc.), Ar. and P. νή (acc.).

in oaths and entreaties: P. and V. πρός (gen.).

distributively: P. and V. κατά.

day by day: P. and V. καθ' ἡμέραν.

by twos, two by two: P. κατὰ δύο.

by sevens: Ar. καθ' ἕπτα (Av. 1079).

of the agent: P. and V. ὑπό (gen.), Ar. and V. πρός (gen.).

take, seize or drag by: use gen. (cf. Eur., Electra 788).

by only three votes did they let him off the death penalty: P. παρὰ τρεῖς ἀφεῖσαν ψήφους τὸ μὴ θανάτῳ ζημιῶσαι (Dem. 688).

consider each point by itself: P. ἕκαστον ἐφ' ἑαυτοῦ σκοπεῖν (Dem.).

he lived by himself: P. ᾤκει καθ' αὑτόν (Dem. 1083).

by oneself, singly: P. and V. αὐτὸς καθ' αὑτόν.

by land and sea: Ar. and P. κατὰ γῆν καὶ θάλασσαν.

adverb

near: P. and V. πλησίον, πέλας, ἐγγύς; see near.