πέραν
πεσούσης νυκτός, πάσα γυνὴ Λαΐς εστί → at nightfall, every woman is a Laïs | all cats are gray at night | all cats are gray by night | all cats are gray in the dark | all cats are grey at night | all cats are grey by night | all cats are grey in the dark | all women look the same with the lights off | when lights are out all women look the same
English (LSJ)
Ion. and Ep. πέρην, Adv.
A on the other side, across, in early Poets always c. gen., esp. of water, νήσων αἳ ναίουσι π. ἁλός Il.2.626; πέρνασχ' ὅν τιν' ἕλεσκε π. ἁλός 24.752 (never in Od.); π. κλυτοῦ Ὠκεανοῖο Hes.Th.215; π. Χάεος ζοφεροῖο ib.814; π. πόντοιο Pi.N.5.21; τὰ π. τοῦ Ἴστρου Hdt.5.9; πόντου π. τραφεῖσαν A.Ag.1200; πολιοῦ π. πόντου S.Ant.334 (lyr.); π. τοῦ Ἑλλησπόντου, τοῦ ποταμοῦ, Th.2.67, X. An.4.3.3; π. Ἕβρον is corrupt in E.HF386 (leg. Ἕβρου). 2 abs., on the other side, esp. of water, προσορμίζεσθαι . . π. ἐν τῇ Ῥηναίῃ Hdt. 6.97; π. εἶναι X.An.2.4.20, 3.5.12, etc.; π. γενέσθαι ib.6.5.22. 3 with Verbs of motion, folld. by εἰς, over or across to... π. ἐς τὴν Ἀχαιίην διέπεμψαν Hdt.8.36; π. εἰς τὴν Ἀσίαν διαβῆναι X.An.7.2.2; διαπλεύσαντες π. τῆς Ἀκαρνανίας ἐς Οἰνιάδας Th.1.111; also without εἰς, ἐκ Θάσου διαβαλόντες π. having crossed over (sc. ἐς τὴν ἤπειρον), Hdt.6.44. 4 freq. c. Art., διαβιβάζεσθαι εἰς τὸ π. τοῦ ποταμοῦ X.An. 3.5.2 ; διέβη εἰς τὸ π. Id.HG1.3.17; ἐν τῷ π. Id.An.4.3.11; τὰ π. things done on the opposite side, ib.4.3.24; τὰ π. πράγματα, opp. τὰ ἐπὶ τάδε, Plb.3.97.5; οἱ π. those on the other side, Plu.Mar.23; ἡ ὄχθη ἡ π. Arr.An.5.10.2. II over against, opposite, c. gen., π. ἱερῆς Εὐβοίης Il.2.535: freq. in Paus., 2.22.2, 5.15.8,al. III less freq. = πέρα (A), beyond, c. gen., π. Νείλοιο παγᾶν Pi.I.6(5).23; π. γε πόντου καὶ τόπων Ἀτλαντικῶν E.Hipp.1053, cf. Alc.585 (lyr.), Supp.676. IV right through, καῦσις [ἔστω] μὴ πέρην Hp.Mochl.37; ἐς τὸ π. Id.Art. 11.—π. c. gen. usu. precedes its case, but follows it in A.l.c., Paus. 5.15.8. (Cf.πέρα (B).)
