παρειά

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• παρήϊον (parḗïon) — Epic, Ionic
• πᾰραύα (paraúa) — Aeolic
• παρεά (pareá)

Etymology

From παρα- (para-, “beside”) +‎ οὖς (oûs, “ear”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.reː.ǎː/ → /pa.riˈa/ → /pa.riˈa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.reː.ǎː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pa.riˈa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pa.riˈa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pa.riˈa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pa.riˈa/

Noun

πᾰρειᾱ́ • (pareiā́) f (genitive πᾰρειᾶς); first declension

1. (often in the plural) cheek
2. cheekpiece of a helmet

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πᾰρειᾱ́; τῆς πᾰρειᾶς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πᾰρειᾱ́ hē pareiā́	τὼ πᾰρειᾱ́ tṑ pareiā́	αἱ πᾰρειαί hai pareiaí
Genitive	τῆς πᾰρειᾶς tês pareiâs	τοῖν πᾰρειαῖν toîn pareiaîn	τῶν πᾰρειῶν tôn pareiôn
Dative	τῇ πᾰρειᾷ têi pareiâi	τοῖν πᾰρειαῖν toîn pareiaîn	ταῖς πᾰρειαῖς taîs pareiaîs
Accusative	τὴν πᾰρειᾱ́ν tḕn pareiā́n	τὼ πᾰρειᾱ́ tṑ pareiā́	τᾱ̀ς πᾰρειᾱ́ς tā̀s pareiā́s
Vocative	πᾰρειᾱ́ pareiā́	πᾰρειᾱ́ pareiā́	πᾰρειαί pareiaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of πᾰρειᾱ́; πᾰρειᾶς (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	πᾰρειᾱ́ pareiā́	πᾰρειᾱ́ pareiā́	πᾰρειαί pareiaí
Genitive	πᾰρειᾶς pareiâs	πᾰρειαῖν / πᾰρειαῖῐν / πᾰρειῇῐν pareiaî(i)n / pareiêiin	πᾰρειᾱ́ων / πᾰρειέ͜ων / πᾰρειῶν pareiā́ōn / pareié͜ōn / pareiôn
Dative	πᾰρειᾷ pareiâi	πᾰρειαῖν / πᾰρειαῖῐν / πᾰρειῇῐν pareiaî(i)n / pareiêiin	πᾰρειῇσῐ / πᾰρειῇσῐν / πᾰρειῇς / πᾰρειαῖς pareiêisi(n) / pareiêis / pareiaîs
Accusative	πᾰρειᾱ́ν pareiā́n	πᾰρειᾱ́ pareiā́	πᾰρειᾱ́ς pareiā́s
Vocative	πᾰρειᾱ́ pareiā́	πᾰρειᾱ́ pareiā́	πᾰρειαί pareiaí
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• εὐπᾰ́ρειος (eupáreios)
• κᾰλλῐπᾰ́ρῃος (kallipárēios)
• λευκοπᾰ́ρειος (leukopáreios)
• πᾰρείας (pareías)
• πᾰρειάς (pareiás)
• πᾰρηΐς (parēḯs)

 

Further reading

• “παρειά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “παρειά”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• παρειά in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “παρειαί”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1152

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek παρειά (pareiá).

Noun

παρειά • (pareiá) f (plural παρειές) (formal)

1. (anatomy) cheek
2. (figurative) bent side wall (of vessels, ships, etc.)

Declension

Declension of παρειά

	singular	plural
nominative	παρειά •	παρειές •
genitive	παρειάς •	παρειών •
accusative	παρειά •	παρειές •
vocative	παρειά •	παρειές •

Synonyms

• (cheek): μάγουλο (mágoulo)

References

• παρειά, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
• Stavropoulos, D N (2008) G N Stavropoulos, editor, Oxford Greek-English Learner's Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press