Παραβαλέσθαι
to have brought alongside
Translated by Ronald Allen15 Aug 2008Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] to have brought to a stop, and to have been dismissed. The metaphor [comes] from those who row.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Παραβαλέσθαι· τὸ παύσασθαι, καὶ ἀπαλλαγῆναι. ἡ δὲ μεταφορὰ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐρεσσόντων.
Betacode
*parabale/sqai: to\ pau/sasqai, kai\ a)pallagh=nai. h( de\ metafora\ a)po\ tw=n e)resso/ntwn.
Notes
- The headword (also at pi 270 and pi 272), evidently quoted from somewhere, is the aorist middle infinitive of the verb
paraba/llw (I throw beside); see LSJ s.v., and cf. omicron 284.
The headword is identically glossed in Photius, Lexicon pi191 Theodoridis. In nautical parlance (flagged up here), it means that a vessel has assumed a specified position--that rowing has ceased and it has "hove to"--typically with respect to another vessel. For this sense of the verb see LSJ s.v., III.3.
Linked from8 entries
- π270Παραβαλέσθαιto betray, to deceive[Meaning] to be utterly beguiling. Thucydides [in book] 1 [sc. uses the word]. Thus Homer too [writes]: "deceptively haranguing."
- π272Παραβαλέσθαιto betray, to deceive, to risk, to have thrown beside"But Judas, being a daring man, chose to risk himself for his brother's salvation." [Meaning] to attack robustly. Also [sc. attested is] paraballo/menos ["throwing beside"], meaning approaching fearlessly. "He risking…
- π273Παραβάλλεσθαιto betray, to deceive, to throw beside, to expose oneself to peril[Meaning] to cast oneself toward danger. "[All that] remained was to expose themselves to peril and to act boldly." And elsewhere: "but he was fully and totally bent on exposing himself to danger and risking a battle."…
- π274Παραβαλεῖνto have betrayed, to have given upMeaning to have given over. "He sees Melesia and desires her and sends fifteen thousand gold pieces toward persuading her -- and if more were needed, he said he would give [it]; but she did not accept the gift,…
- π276Παραβαλεῖςyou will apply[Meaning] you will place beside, you will liken, you will visit.
- π277Παραβαλλόμενονbring thrown beside, being exposed to"For, being exposed to the Thracians' snow, I was not going to indulge [sc. Asterius' entreaty] with rugs."
- π278Παραβαλλόμενοςbeing thrown beside, being compared to[Meaning] being assimilated to. "[He] initially being compared to the best of kings/emperors."
- π279Παραβαλώνhaving thrown beside, having brought alongside[Meaning] having set nearby, going together with. "Having brought his own horse alongside Parthamasiros' horse, there was no longer an urgency to drive on in haste." Also [sc. attested is] paraba/llw; [used] with an…
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