πάρισος
αἰὼν παῖς ἐστι παίζων, πεσσεύων∙ παιδός η βασιληίη → time is a child playing draughts; the kingship is a child's | a life-time is a child playing, playing checkers: the kingship belongs to a child | a whole human life-time is nothing but a child playing, playing checkers: the kingship belongs to a child | lifetime is a child at play, moving pieces in a game; kingship belongs to the child
English (LSJ)
ον,
A almost equal, evenly balanced, ἀγών, κίνδυνος, Plb.2.10.2, 5.69.8 ; π. ταῖς δυνάμεσι Id.1.13.12 ; πέλαγος π. τῷ Ποντικῷ Str.11.7.1 ; ἴση ἢ π. γε (sc. ἡ εὐθεῖα) Id.2.1.28. II in Rhet., of the clauses of a sentence, exactly balanced and even, π. καὶ ὁμοιοτέλευτον Arist. Rh.1410b1, cf. Phld. Rh.2.258 S. ; ἰσόκωλα καὶ πάρισα D.S.12.53 ; ἀντίθετα καὶ π. καὶ ὁμοιόπτωτα Plu.2.350d ; οὔτε π. τὰ κῶλα ἀλλήλοις εἶναι οὔτε παρόμοια parallel in structure, D.H. Comp.22, cf. 23 ; ἵνα τὸ τελευταῖον κῶλον π. καὶ ἐφάμιλλον τοῖς πρὸ αὐτοῦ γένηται ib.9 ; π. σχῆμα Hermog. Meth.16.
