περαῖος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(properisp.), α, ον, ([[πέραν]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[on the further side]] or [[bank]], [[ἤπειρος]], [[γαῖα]], A.R. 2.392, 4.848; <b class="b3">τὰ π.</b> Call.''Fr.''1.15 P.<br><span class="bld">2</span> Comp., <b class="b3">περαιότερόν τι</b> anything [[further]], PFay.124.8 (ii A. D.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> Subst., <b class="b3">ἡ περαία</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[γῆ]], [[χώρα]]) [[the country on the other side of the river]], etc., Str.4.1.12; <b class="b3">τῆς χώρας τῆς π.</b> ''SIG''588.29 (Milet., ii B. C.): freq. with [[genitive]] whether partitive or objective, <b class="b3">ἡ π. τῆς Βοιωτίης χώρης</b> [[the part]] of Boeotia [[over against]] [Chalcis], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.44; <b class="b3">ἡ π. τῆς Ἀσίας</b> [[the coast]] of Asia [[over against]] [Rhodes], D.S.20.97 (but <b class="b3">ἡ τῶν Ῥοδίων π.</b> Str.14.2.1, 14.5.11: hence pr. n. <b class="b3">ἡ Περαία</b>, Plb.18.2.3, 18.6.3; also of [[the country beyond]] Jordan, J.''BJ''3.3.3, St.Byz.); <b class="b3">πᾶσα περαίη Θρηϊκίης</b> all [[the opposite coast]] of Thrace, A.R.1.1112; <b class="b3">ἡ Τενεδίων π.</b> [[the coast]] [of the Troad] [[opposite to]] Tenedos, Str.13.1.32.