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|Definition=(A), Adv. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[beyond]], [[further]], μέχρι τοῦ μέσου καθιέναι, π. δ' οὔ <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Phd.</span>112e</span>; μέχρι τούτου... π. δὲ μή <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>423b</span> : with Art., τὸ π. λέγειν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>241d</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> c. gen., <b class="b3">π. ὅρου ἐλαύνειν</b> [[further than]], Lex ap.<span class="bibl">D. 23.44</span>; τούτου μὴ π. προβαίνειν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1319b14</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>29d</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> of [[time]], [[longer]], οὐκέτι π. ἐπολιόρκησαν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>6.1.28</span> : with Art., τὸ π. καθεύδειν τοῦ πρέποντος <span class="bibl">Aeschin.Socr.52</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> c. gen., π. μεσούσης τῆς ἡμέρας <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>6.5.7</span>; <b class="b3">τῶν πεντήκοντα π. γεγονότας</b> [[above]] fifty years old, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>670a</span> (v.l. [[πέραν]]). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> freq. metaph., [[beyond measure]], [[extravagantly]], <b class="b3">π. λέξαι, φράσαι</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>633</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>332</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span> 1033</span>; Ζεύς… με λυπήσει πέρα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1246</span>; π. ματεύειν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>211</span> (lyr.); μέλεα καὶ π. παθεῖν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>1187</span> (lyr.); οἵ τοι π. στέρξαντες οἵδε καὶ π. μισοῦσιν <span class="title">Trag.Adesp.</span>78; <b class="b3">τὸ π</b>. <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Fr.</span>123J.</span>; but π. is f.l. in <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1745</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> c. gen., [[more than]], [[beyond]], [[exceeding]], <b class="b3">π. δίκης, καιροῦ π</b>., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>30</span>,<span class="bibl">507</span>; <b class="b3">τοῦ εἰκότος π</b>. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>74</span>; π. τῶν νῦν εἰρημένων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OC</span>257</span>; π. τῶν νόμων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">El.</span>1506</span>; π. τοῦ προσήκοντος <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.1</span>; π. ὧν προσεδεχόμεθα <span class="bibl">Th.2.64</span>; <b class="b3">π. τοῦ δέοντος, π. τοῦ μετρίου</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>487d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ti.</span>65d</span>; π. τοῦ μεγίστου φόβου <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>12c</span>; <b class="b3">θαυμάτων π</b>. [[more than]] marvels, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>714</span>; δεινὸν καὶ π. δεινοῦ <span class="bibl">D.45.73</span>; <b class="b3">π. μεδίμνου</b> [[more than]] a medimnus, <span class="bibl">Is.10.10</span>; <b class="b3">ἐλπίδος π</b>. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Sull.</span>11</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> abs., [[more]], [[further]], <b class="b3">οὐδὲν ἐρρήθη π</b>. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>91</span>; <b class="b3">ἄπιστα καὶ π. κλύων</b> things incredible, and [[more than that]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span> 417</span>; <b class="b3">πᾶν τολμήσασα καὶ π</b>. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>189</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> as Comp., folld. by [[ἤ]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OC</span>651</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>1277</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> [[above]], [[higher than]], <b class="b3">τῶν ἐμῶν ἐχθρῶν μ' ἔνερθεν ὄντ' ἀνέστησας π</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">666</span>; <b class="b3">π. ἀνθρώπου, π. τέχνης</b>, <span class="bibl">Philostr. <span class="title">Her.</span>18.1</span>, <span class="bibl">19.4</span>.—In all senses [[πέρα]] may stand either before or after the gen., but commonly before.—Comp. [[περαίτερος]], [[α]], [[ον]], Adv. [[περαίτερον]] and -[[τέρω]] (q[[quod vide|q.v.]]); cf. sq.</span><br />(B), ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> = [[ἡ περαία]], (περαῖος), the land on the other side. ἐκ πέρας Ναυπακτίας <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>262</span>; Χαλκίδος πέραν ἔχων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ag.</span>190</span>(lyr.):—hence πέρανδε, [[to a foreign city]], <span class="title">SIG</span> 56.13 (Argos, V B.C.).</span>