πάραλος
ἡδονήν, μέγιστον κακοῦ δέλεαρ → pleasure, the greatest incitement to evildoing | pleasure, a most mighty lure to evil | pleasure, the great bait to evil
English (LSJ)
ον, (ἅλς)
A by or near the sea, ἄντρα S.Aj.413(lyr.) ; χέρσοι E.Ion 1584 ; ἡ δ' ὠπτημένη σίζουσα πάραλος, of a cuttle-fish, with a pun on ἡ Πάραλος (infr. 111), Ar.Ach.1158. 2 generally, concerned with the sea, naval, ὁ π. στρατός Hdt.7.161. II ἡ πάραλος γῆ the coast-land of Attica (cf. παράλιος 11.2), Th.2.55 : hence οἱ Π. the people of the coast-land, Hdt. 1.59 ; αὐτόν τε Πάραλον ἐστολις μένον δορί, i.e. τοὺς Π., E.Supp.659. III ἡ Πάραλος ναῦς, Th.8.74, or ἡ Π. alone, D.21.173, or Π. alone, Ar.Av.1204, the Paralos, one of the Athenian sacred galleys, cf. Arist.Ath.61.7, IG22.1623.225, and v. Σαλαμινία. 2 οἱ Π. the crew of the Paralos, which contained none but free citizens, Th.8.73,74, Aeschin.3.162, Poll.8.116 (cf. παραλίτης) : generally, seamen, Ar.Ra.1071, cf.Sch.adloc. IV ἡ π., name of a plant which grew near the sea, π. ἀμμότροφος AP4.1.20 (Mel.).
