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παρειά

παρειά, the cheek

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παρειὰν feminine accusative singular of παρειά

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πᾰρειά, ἡ, Hom. (v. infr.), IG 2(2).1421.124, 1455.11, etc.; but παρεά ib. 1425.246; Aeol. παραύα (q.v.); Dor. *παρᾱά (implied in εὐπάραος); Old Ion. *παρηή (implied in καλλιπάρηος, μιλτοπάρηος, and the adjectival παρή-ιον):—
  • cheek, used by Hom. always in pl. (sg. being supplied by the Ion. παρήϊον), Il. 3.35, al.; of an eagle, Od. 2.153: also Trag., in pl., S. Ant. 783 (lyr.): in sg., A. Pr. 401 (lyr.), S. Ant. 1239, E. Tr. 280 (lyr.): rare in Prose, as Pl. Plt. 270e, X. Cyr. 6.4.3 (pl.).
    • II cheekpiece of a helmet, h.Hom. 31.11 (s. v. l.), IG 2(2).1421.124, 1455.11, al.
      • 2 = τῆς πρῴρας τὰ ἑκατέρωθεν Poll. 1.89.
      • 3 γῆς παρειά earth-flush, = ἀνεμώνη ἡ φοινικῆ, cj. in Ps.-Dsc. 2.176. (Perh. fr. παρά, οὖς, lit. beside the ear.)

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