παρήϊον

See also: παρειά

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.rɛ̌ː.i.on/ → /paˈri.i.on/ → /paˈri.i.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.rɛ̌ː.i.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /paˈre̝.i.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /paˈri.i.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /paˈri.i.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /paˈri.i.on/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

• παρειά (pareiá) — Attic

Noun

πᾰρήϊον • (parḗïon) n (genitive πᾰρηΐου); second declension

1. cheek

Usage notes

Also occurs as παρήιον, without the dieresis. The forms attested in Homer are παρήϊον, παρήϊα. Homer frequently uses the epithet καλλιπάρῃος, fair-cheeked, for women and goddesses.

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πᾰρήϊ̆ον; τοῦ πᾰρηϊ̆ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πᾰρήϊ̆ον tò parḗïon	τὼ πᾰρηϊ̆ω tṑ parēïō	τᾰ̀ πᾰρήϊ̆ᾰ tà parḗïa
Genitive	τοῦ πᾰρηϊ̆ου toû parēïou	τοῖν πᾰρηϊ̆οιν toîn parēïoin	τῶν πᾰρηϊ̆ων tôn parēïōn
Dative	τῷ πᾰρηϊ̆ῳ tôi parēïōi	τοῖν πᾰρηϊ̆οιν toîn parēïoin	τοῖς πᾰρηϊ̆οις toîs parēïois
Accusative	τὸ πᾰρήϊ̆ον tò parḗïon	τὼ πᾰρηϊ̆ω tṑ parēïō	τᾰ̀ πᾰρήϊ̆ᾰ tà parḗïa
Vocative	πᾰρήϊ̆ον parḗïon	πᾰρηϊ̆ω parēïō	πᾰρήϊ̆ᾰ parḗïa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κᾰλλῐπᾰ́ρῃος (kallipárēios)

Further reading

• “παρήϊον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “παρήϊον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• παρήϊον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

παρήϊον • (parḗïon)

1. (Epic) third-person plural imperfect active indicative of πάρειμι (páreimi)