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|Definition=Ion. and Ep. πέρην, Adv.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[on the other side]], [[across]], in early Poets always c. gen., especially 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; <b class="b3">π. Χάεος ζοφεροῖο</b> ib.814; π. πόντοιο Pi.''N.''5.21; τὰ π. τοῦ Ἴστρου [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.9; πόντου π. τραφεῖσαν [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Agamemnon|Ag.]]''1200; πολιοῦ π. πόντου S.''Ant.''334 (lyr.); <b class="b3">π. τοῦ Ἑλλησπόντου, τοῦ ποταμοῦ</b>, Th.2.67, X. ''An.''4.3.3; <b class="b3">π. Ἕβρον</b> is corrupt in E.''HF''386 (leg. [[Ἕβρου]]).<br><span class="bld">2</span> abs., [[on the other side]], especially of water, προσορμίζεσθαι… π. ἐν τῇ Ῥηναίῃ [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 6.97; π. εἶναι X.''An.''2.4.20, 3.5.12, etc.; <b class="b3">π. γενέσθαι</b> ib.6.5.22.<br><span class="bld">3</span> with Verbs of motion, followed by εἰς, [[over]] or [[across]] to... π. ἐς τὴν Ἀχαιίην διέπεμψαν [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.36; π. εἰς τὴν Ἀσίαν διαβῆναι X.''An.''7.2.2; διαπλεύσαντες π. τῆς Ἀκαρνανίας ἐς Οἰνιάδας Th.1.111; also without <b class="b3">εἰς, ἐκ Θάσου διαβαλόντες π.</b> having crossed [[over]] (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">ἐς τὴν ἤπειρον</b>), [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.44.<br><span class="bld">4</span> freq. c. Art., διαβιβάζεσθαι εἰς τὸ π. τοῦ ποταμοῦ X.''An.'' 3.5.2; <b class="b3">διέβη εἰς τὸ π.</b> Id.''HG''1.3.17; <b class="b3">ἐν τῷ π.</b> Id.''An.''4.3.11; <b class="b3">τὰ π.</b> things [[done on the opposite side]], ib.4.3.24; <b class="b3">τὰ π. πράγματα</b>, opp. <b class="b3">τὰ ἐπὶ τάδε</b>, Plb.3.97.5; <b class="b3">οἱ π.</b> those [[on the other side]], Plu.''Mar.''23; <b class="b3">ἡ ὄχθη ἡ π.</b> Arr.''An.''5.10.2.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[over against]], [[opposite]], c. gen., π. ἱερῆς Εὐβοίης Il.2.535: freq. in Paus., 2.22.2, 5.15.8,al.<br><span class="bld">III</span> 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.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[right through]], καῦσις [ἔστω] μὴ πέρην Hp.''Mochl.''37; <b class="b3">ἐς τὸ π.</b> Id.''Art.'' 11.—π. c. gen. usually precedes its case, but follows it in A.l.c., Paus. 5.15.8. (Cf. [[πέρα]] (B).)