παρειά

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• παρήϊον (parḗïon) — Epic, Ionic
• πᾰραύα (păraúa) — 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 • (păreiā́) 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 păreiā́	τὼ πᾰρειᾱ́ tṑ păreiā́	αἱ πᾰρειαί hai păreiaí
Genitive	τῆς πᾰρειᾶς tês păreiâs	τοῖν πᾰρειαῖν toîn păreiaîn	τῶν πᾰρειῶν tôn păreiôn
Dative	τῇ πᾰρειᾷ têi păreiâi	τοῖν πᾰρειαῖν toîn păreiaîn	ταῖς πᾰρειαῖς taîs păreiaîs
Accusative	τὴν πᾰρειᾱ́ν tḕn păreiā́n	τὼ πᾰρειᾱ́ tṑ păreiā́	τᾱ̀ς πᾰρειᾱ́ς tā̀s păreiā́s
Vocative	πᾰρειᾱ́ păreiā́	πᾰρειᾱ́ păreiā́	πᾰρειαί păreiaí
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 păreiā́	πᾰρειᾱ́ păreiā́	πᾰρειαί păreiaí
Genitive	πᾰρειᾶς păreiâs	πᾰρειαῖν / πᾰρειαῖῐν / πᾰρειῇῐν păreiaî(ĭ)n / păreiêiĭn	πᾰρειᾱ́ων / πᾰρειέ͜ων / πᾰρειῶν păreiā́ōn / păreié͜ōn / păreiôn
Dative	πᾰρειᾷ păreiâi	πᾰρειαῖν / πᾰρειαῖῐν / πᾰρειῇῐν păreiaî(ĭ)n / păreiêiĭn	πᾰρειῇσῐ / πᾰρειῇσῐν / πᾰρειῇς / πᾰρειαῖς păreiêisĭ(n) / păreiêis / păreiaîs
Accusative	πᾰρειᾱ́ν păreiā́n	πᾰρειᾱ́ păreiā́	πᾰρειᾱ́ς păreiā́s
Vocative	πᾰρειᾱ́ păreiā́	πᾰρειᾱ́ păreiā́	πᾰρειαί păreiaí
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• εὐπᾰ́ρειος (eupắreios)
• κᾰλλῐπᾰ́ρῃος (kăllĭpắrēios)
• λευκοπᾰ́ρειος (leukopắreios)
• πᾰρείας (păreías)
• πᾰρειάς (păreiás)
• πᾰρηΐς (părēḯs)

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 (pareiá)	παρειές (pareiés)
genitive	παρειάς (pareiás)	παρειών (pareión)
accusative	παρειά (pareiá)	παρειές (pareiés)
vocative	παρειά (pareiá)	παρειές (pareiés)

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