παραπέτομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=poet. παρπέταμαι <span class="bibl">Call. <span class="title">Epigr.</span>33.6</span> : aor. 2 <b class="b3">παρεπτόμην</b> or <b class="b3">-επτάμην</b> (v. infr.) ; also <b class="b3">παρέπτην</b>, 3pl. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> παρέπτησαν Id.<span class="title">Iamb.Fr.</span>9.327 P.:—<b class="b2">fly alongside</b>, κορώνη . . ἤδη πετομένων [τῶν νεοττῶν] σιτίζει παραπετομένη <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>563b12</span> ; τὰς π. μυίας <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pol.</span> 1323a29</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">fly past</b>, of specks before the eyes, Gal.1.363. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">escape</b>, AP6.19 (Jul.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">fly to</b>, ἡμῖν ἑρπετὸν παρέπτατο <span class="bibl">Semon. 13</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VA</span>1.7</span> ; <b class="b2">fly to one's succour</b>, οὐ γὰρ ἂν παρέπτετο <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Th.</span>1014</span> : metaph., <b class="b3">παραπτῆναι</b>, of a <b class="b3">λόγος</b>, <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Her.</span>19.14</span>.</span>