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|etymtx=Grammatical information: Adv. a. prep. (w. gen., dat. a. acc.).<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">besides, by; from, next to, alongside, against</b> (Il.);<br />Other forms: <b class="b3">παρά</b>, ep. also <b class="b3">παραί</b> (<b class="b3">Παραι-βάτᾶς</b> in dial. inscr.), non- Ion.-Att. mostly <b class="b3">πάρ</b>.<br />Dialectal forms: Myc. [[paro]]<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [811] <b class="b2">*prh₂-</b>, <b class="b2">*preh₂-</b> [[beside]], [[by]]<br />Etymology: With <b class="b3">παραί</b> agrees except the reduced vowel <b class="b3">α</b> Ital., e.g. Lat. [[prae]] (could be IE <b class="b2">*prh₂-ei</b> : <b class="b2">*preh₂-i</b>); <b class="b3">πάρ</b> may be identical with Ital., e.g. Lat. <b class="b2">por-</b> (<b class="b2">por-tendō</b> a.o.), also with Goth. [[faur]] <b class="b2">along etc.</b>; <b class="b3">πάρα</b> like <b class="b3">κάτα</b>, <b class="b3">ἄνα</b>, <b class="b3">μέτα</b> a.o. (cf. Schwyzer 622). On Arm. [[ar]] [[by]], [[at]], [[beside]], often identified with <b class="b3">πάρα</b>, s. <b class="b3">πόρρω</b>; on Hitt. [[parā]] [[forwards]], [[outside]] s. <b class="b3">πρό</b>. In <b class="b3">παραί</b>, [[prae]] an old dat. may have been preserved, s. on <b class="b3">πάλαι</b>. Further details w. lit. Schwyzer-Debrunner 491 ff., W.-Hofmann s. [[prae]], WP. 2, 32f., Pok. 811 f.; older lit. also in Bq. -- Cf. [[πάρος]], <b class="b3">πέρα</b>, [[πέρι]], [[πρίν]], <b class="b3">πρό</b>, [[πρός]].