παραμένω

English (LSJ)

poet. παρμένω Pi.P.8.40, S.Ichn.169 (trim.): —

   A stay beside or near, stand by, οὐδέ τις αὐτῷ Ἀργείων παρέμεινε Il.11.402, cf. 15.400 ; παράμεινον τὸν βίον ἡμῖν Ar.Pax 1108 (hex.), cf. Pl.Ap.39e, al. ; of slaves, remain, stay, opp. δραπετεύω, ἀποδιδράσκω, Id.Men. 97d, X.Oec.3.4 ; in Law, of slaves whose manumission was deferred, SIG1208 (Thespiae, ii B. C.), etc. : hence Παρμένων, Trusty, as a slave's name, Men.Sam.302, etc.    II abs., stand one's ground, stand fast, Il.13.151, cf. Hdt.1.82, 6.14, Ar.Pl.440, etc.; more fully, μάχαις τλάμονι ψυχᾷ π. Pi.P.1.48 ; παρμένοντας αἰχμᾷ ib.8.40 ; εὐανθεῖ ἐν ὀργᾷ π. ib.1.89 ; πρὸς τὰ ὑπόλοιπα τῶν ἔργων Th.3.10 ; ἀδύνατός εἰμι . . παραμένειν to remain with the army, Id.7.15 ; offortune, remain steady. παραμένει γὰρ οὐδὲ ἕν Men.51.    2 stay at a place, stay behind or at home, Hdt.1.64, Antipho 5.13, And.1.2.    3 survive, remain alive, Hdt.1.30.    4 of things, endure, last, Id.3.57, etc. ; ἀεὶ παραμένουσα [ἡ φύσις] E.El.942 ; π. ἡ πολιτεία Lys.25.28 ; αἱ εὐπραγίαι Isoc.7.13 ; ἡ ὑγίεια X.Cyr.1.6.17, etc.; δίχα τῆς σφοδρότητος π. τὸ μέγεθος Longin.9.13 ; of money, stay by one, last for ever, Alex. 281, Timocl.9.1, Men.128.2 ; of wine, last, keep good, εἰς τριγονίαν π. ἐν ἀπιττώτοις ἄγγεσι Str.11.10.1, cf. Ostr.Bodl. i 145 (iii/ii B. C.), Plu. 2.655f.