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