παραβάλλω

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From παρα- (para-, beside) +‎ βάλλω (bállō, to throw).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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πᾰρᾰβάλλω (parabállō)

  1. to throw beside, by or to, to hold out
  2. (Byzantine) to feed (an animal)
  3. to cast in one's teeth
  4. to expose (to danger)
  5. (middle voice) to risk, hazard, gamble with
  6. to lay beside, compare with
    • The Gospel of Mark 4:30:
      Καὶ ἔλεγε, Τίνι ὁμοιώσωμεν τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ; ἢ ἐν ποίᾳ παραβολῇ παραβάλωμεν αὐτήν;
      Kaì élege, Tíni homoiṓsōmen tḕn basileían toû Theoû? ḕ en poíāi parabolêi parabálōmen autḗn?
      And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it? (KJV)
  7. (middle voice) to vie with one another
  8. to bring alongside
  9. to throw, turn, bend sideways
  10. to deposit with, entrust to
  11. (middle voice) to deceive, betray
  12. to come near, approach
  13. to go by sea, cross over
    • New Testament, Acts of the Apostles 20:15:
      κἀκεῖθεν ἀποπλεύσαντες, τῇ ἐπιούσῃ κατηντήσαμεν ἀντικρὺ Χίου· τῇ δὲ ἑτέρᾳ παρεβάλομεν εἰς Σάμον· καὶ μείναντες ἐν Τρωγυλλίῳ, τῇ ἐχομένῃ ἤλθομεν εἰς Μίλητον.
      kakeîthen apopleúsantes, têi epioúsēi katēntḗsamen antikrù Khíou; têi dè hetérāi parebálomen eis Sámon; kaì meínantes en Trōgullíōi, têi ekhoménēi ḗlthomen eis Mílēton.
      And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next day we came to Miletus. (KJV)
  14. to turn aside, pass over
  15. (Byzantine) to suggest

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Descendants

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  • Greek: παραβάλλω (paravállo) (learned)

Further reading

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰβᾰ́λλω (parabállō, I set side by side). By surface analysis, παρά- (pará-, beside) +‎ βάλλω (vállo, to throw).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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παραβάλλω (paravállo) (past παρέβαλα, passive παραβάλλομαι)

  1. to compare
  2. to parallel, collate

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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  • πβ (pv, cf, compare with)
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