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πάραλος

πάραλος, by the sea, on the coast

πάρᾰλος, ον, (ἅλς)
  • by or near the sea, ἄντρα S. Aj. 413 (lyr.); χέρσοι E. Ion 1584; ἡ δʼ ὠπτημένη σίζουσα πάραλος, of a cuttle-fish, with a pun on ἡ Πάραλος (infr. III), Ar. Ach. 1158.
      • 2 generally, concerned with the sea, naval, ὁ π. στρατός Hdt. 7.161.
    • II ἡ πάραλος γῆ the coast-land of Attica (cf. παράλιος II.2), Th. 2.55: hence οἱ Π. the people of the coast-land, Hdt. 1.59; αὐτόν τε Πάραλον ἐστολισμένον δορί, i.e. τοὺς Π., E. Supp. 659.
    • III ἡ Πάραλος ναῦς, Th. 8.74, or ἡ Π. alone, D. 21.173, or Π. alone, Ar. Av. 1204, the Paralos, one of the Athenian sacred galleys, cf. Arist. Ath. 61.7, IG 2(2).1623.225, and v. Σαλαμινία.
      • 2 οἱ Π. the crew of the Paralos, which contained none but free citizens, Th. 8.73, 74, Aeschin. 3.162, Poll. 8.116 (cf. παραλίτης): generally, seamen, Ar. Ra. 1071, cf.Sch. ad loc.
    • IV ἡ π., name of a plant which grew near the sea, π. ἀμμότροφος AP 4.1.20 (Mel.).

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