παρήϊον
οὗ δ' ἂν Ἔρως μὴ ἐφάψηται, σκοτεινός → he on whom Love has laid no hold is obscure | he whom Love touches not walks in darkness
English (LSJ)
τό (Ion. for παρεῖον, which is not in use), used in Il. as the sg. for παρειά (which Hom. uses only in pl.),
A cheek, Il.23.690 ; of the jaw of a wolf, πᾶσιν δὲ π. αἵματι φοινόν 16.159 : in pl., of a lion, παρήϊά τ' ἀμφοτέρωθεν αἱματόεντα πέλει Od.22.404 ; in Ion. Prose, λουσαμένους παρήϊα prob. in IG12 (5).593.30 (Ceos, V B.C.). II π. ἔμμεναι ἵππων cheek-ornament of a bridle, Il.4.142.
German (Pape)
[Seite 520] τό, ion. statt des ungebrauchten παρεῖον, = παρειά; 1) Wange, Backe; Hom., eines Wolfs, Il. 16, 159, eines Löwen, Od. 22, 404; τοῖσι παρήϊά τ' ἀμφοτέρωθεν καὶ γένυες κτύπεον, Ap. Rh. 2, 82; λευκά, der Venus, Democrit. ep. (Plan. 180). – 2) παρήϊον ἵππων, das Backenstück am Zaum oder am Pferdegeschirr, Il. 4, 142, sonst παραγναθίδιον, vgl. Poll. 1, 140.
