παρήϊον

See also: παρειά

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.rɛ̌ː.i.on/ → /paˈri.i.on/ → /paˈri.i.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.rɛ̌ː.i.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /paˈre̝.i.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /paˈri.i.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /paˈri.i.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /paˈri.i.on/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

• παρειά (pareiá) — Attic

Noun

πᾰρήϊον • (părḗïon) n (genitive πᾰρηΐου); second declension

1. cheek

Usage notes

Also occurs as παρήιον, without the dieresis. The forms attested in Homer are παρήϊον, παρήϊα. Homer frequently uses the epithet καλλιπάρῃος, fair-cheeked, for women and goddesses.

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πᾰρήῐ̈ον; τοῦ πᾰρηῐ̈́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πᾰρήῐ̈ον tò părḗĭ̈on	τὼ πᾰρηῐ̈́ω tṑ părēĭ̈́ō	τᾰ̀ πᾰρήῐ̈ᾰ tằ părḗĭ̈ă
Genitive	τοῦ πᾰρηῐ̈́ου toû părēĭ̈́ou	τοῖν πᾰρηῐ̈́οιν toîn părēĭ̈́oin	τῶν πᾰρηῐ̈́ων tôn părēĭ̈́ōn
Dative	τῷ πᾰρηῐ̈́ῳ tôi părēĭ̈́ōi	τοῖν πᾰρηῐ̈́οιν toîn părēĭ̈́oin	τοῖς πᾰρηῐ̈́οις toîs părēĭ̈́ois
Accusative	τὸ πᾰρήῐ̈ον tò părḗĭ̈on	τὼ πᾰρηῐ̈́ω tṑ părēĭ̈́ō	τᾰ̀ πᾰρήῐ̈ᾰ tằ părḗĭ̈ă
Vocative	πᾰρήῐ̈ον părḗĭ̈on	πᾰρηῐ̈́ω părēĭ̈́ō	πᾰρήῐ̈ᾰ părḗĭ̈ă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κᾰλλῐπᾰ́ρῃος (kăllĭpắrēios)

Further reading

• “παρήϊον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “παρήϊον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• παρήϊον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

παρήϊον • (parḗïon)

1. (Epic) third-person plural imperfect active indicative of πάρειμι (páreimi)