Παρείη

might be by, might be present alongside

Translated by Ronald Allen11 Sep 2007Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 27 words

"Tiribazos¹ was a friend of the [sc. Persian] king; and whenever he might be [= was] by, no-one else used to lift [the] king onto his horse."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Παρείη. ὁ δὲ Τηρίβαζος φίλος ἦν τῷ βασιλεῖ· καὶ ὁπότε παρείη, οὐδεὶς ἄλλος βασιλέα ἐπὶ τὸν ἵππον ἀνεβίβαζεν.

Betacode

*parei/h. o( de\ *thri/bazos fi/los h)=n tw=| basilei=: kai\ o(po/te parei/h, ou)dei\s a)/llos basile/a e)pi\ to\n i(/ppon a)nebi/bazen.

Notes (2)

The unglossed headword (presumably, though not demonstrably, extracted from the quotation which follows) is the present optative active, third person singular, of pa/reimi (from ei)mi/, I am); cf. pi 594, pi 595, pi 601 (end), pi 605, pi 634, pi 635, pi 640.
1Late C5 BCE; cf. tau 532, tau 652. ↩
2Loosely quoted from Xenophon, Anabasis 4.4.4 (web address 1). The quotation appears already at alpha 2207; see also tau 532 and tau 652. ↩

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

π584Παρειάcheek π585Παρεῖαι ὄφειςbrown snakes π586Παρείηmight be by, might be present alongside π587Παρείθηwas dropped aside, was let fall π588Παρεικάθηwould permit

Revision history4 revisions · last 12 Jun 2021

12 Jun 2021cosmeticules — Catharine Roth
15 Sep 2013Revised — David Whitehead
31 Aug 2011Revised — David Whitehead
11 Sep 2007removed a keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
11 Sep 2007Translated — Ronald Allen