παρείας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πᾰρειά (păreiá, “cheek”) +‎ -ας (-as, nominal suffix), after the light spots on both sides of the neck.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.rěː.aːs/ → /paˈri.as/ → /paˈri.as/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.rěː.aːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /paˈri.as/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /paˈri.as/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /paˈri.as/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /paˈri.as/

Noun

πᾰρείᾱς • (păreíās) m (genitive πᾰρείου); first declension

1. reddish-brown snake sacred to Asclepius

Inflection

First declension of ὁ πᾰρείᾱς; τοῦ πᾰρείου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πᾰρείᾱς ho păreíās	τὼ πᾰρείᾱ tṑ păreíā	οἱ πᾰρεῖαι hoi păreîai
Genitive	τοῦ πᾰρείου toû păreíou	τοῖν πᾰρείαιν toîn păreíain	τῶν πᾰρειῶν tôn păreiôn
Dative	τῷ πᾰρείᾳ tôi păreíāi	τοῖν πᾰρείαιν toîn păreíain	τοῖς πᾰρείαις toîs păreíais
Accusative	τὸν πᾰρείᾱν tòn păreíān	τὼ πᾰρείᾱ tṑ păreíā	τοὺς πᾰρείᾱς toùs păreíās
Vocative	πᾰρείᾱ păreíā	πᾰρείᾱ păreíā	πᾰρεῖαι păreîai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: parēās

Further reading

• “παρείας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• παρείας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette