παραλέχομαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

παρα- (para-) +‎ λέχομαι (lékhomai)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.ra.lé.kʰo.mai̯/ → /pa.raˈle.xo.mɛ/ → /pa.raˈle.xo.me/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.lé.kʰo.mai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pa.raˈle.kʰo.mɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pa.raˈle.xo.mɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pa.raˈle.xo.me/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pa.raˈle.xo.me/

Verb

πᾰρᾰλέχομαι • (paralékhomai)

1. (Epic, euphemistic) to lie with, sleep with (have sex with)

Usage notes

This verb is attested only in the aorist, but is generally given a present-tense lemma in dictionaries. However, the dictionaries disagree on what that lemma should be: Cunliffe and Middle Liddell give it as παραλέγω (paralégō) (a verb which is attested with completely different meanings); Autenrieth and Bailly give it as παραλέγομαι (paralégomai). However, the semantics make derivation from λέχομαι (lékhomai), as in LSJ, the most plausible.

Conjugation

   Aorist: πᾰρελεξᾰ́μην (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	πᾰρελεξᾰ́μην	πᾰρελέξᾰο	πᾰρελέξᾰτο, παρέλεκτο	πᾰρελέξᾰσθον	πᾰρελεξᾰ́σθην	πᾰρελεξᾰ́με(σ)θᾰ	πᾰρελέξᾰσθε	πᾰρελέξᾰντο
	subjunctive	πᾰρᾰλέξωμαι, πᾰρᾰλεξώμαιμῐ, παραλέξομαι	πᾰρᾰλέξηαι	πᾰρᾰλέξηται	πᾰρᾰλέξησθον	πᾰρᾰλέξησθον	πᾰρᾰλεξώμε(σ)θᾰ	πᾰρᾰλέξησθε	πᾰρᾰλέξωνται
	optative	πᾰρᾰλεξαίμην	πᾰρᾰλέξαιο	πᾰρᾰλέξαιτο	πᾰρᾰλέξαισθον	πᾰρᾰλεξαίσθην	πᾰρᾰλεξαίμε(σ)θᾰ	πᾰρᾰλέξαισθε	πᾰρᾰλεξαίᾰτο
	imperative		πᾰρᾰ́λεξαι	πᾰρᾰλεξᾰ́σθω	πᾰρᾰλέξᾰσθον	πᾰρᾰλεξᾰ́σθων		πᾰρᾰλέξᾰσθε	πᾰρᾰλεξᾰ́σθων
					middle
infinitive					πᾰρᾰλέξᾰσθαι
participle	m				πᾰρᾰλεξᾰ́μενος
	f				πᾰρᾰλεξᾰμένη
	n				πᾰρᾰλεξᾰ́μενον
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Further reading

• “παραλέχομαι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• παραλέχομαι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• παραλέγω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “παραλέχομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “παραλέχομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers