παρειά: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, Hom.(v. infr.), ''IG''22.1421.124, 1455.11, etc.; but παρεά ib.1425.246; Aeol. [[παραύα]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]); Dor. *παρᾱά (implied in [[εὐπάραος]]); Old Ion. *παρηή (implied in [[καλλιπάρηος]], [[μιλτοπάρηος]], and the adjectival <b class="b3">παρή-ιον</b>):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[cheek]], used by Hom. always in plural (sg. being supplied by the Ion. [[παρήϊον]]), Il.3.35,al.; of an eagle, Od.2.153: also Trag., in plural, S.''Ant.''783 (lyr.): in sg., [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''401 (lyr.), [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Antigone|Ant.]]''1239, E.''Tr.''280 (lyr.): rare in Prose, as [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Politicus|Plt.]]'' 270e, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''6.4.3 (pl.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[cheekpiece]] of a helmet, ''h.Hom.''31.11 ([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]), ''IG''22.1421.124, 1455.11,al.<br><span class="bld">2</span> = [[τῆς πρῴρας τὰ ἑκατέρωθεν]] Poll.1.89.<br><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">γῆς παρειά</b> [[earth-flush]], = [[ἀνεμώνη ἡ φοινικῆ]], cj. in Ps.-Dsc.2.176. (Perh. fr. [[παρά]], [[οὖς]], lit. [[beside the ear]].)