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παραβάτης

παραβάτης, one who stands beside

παρα-βάτης [βᾰ], poet. and early Att. παραιβάτης (IG 1(2).5, etc.), ου, ὁ, (παραβαίνω I)
  • one who stands beside: prop. the warrior or combatant who stands beside the charioteer, ἂν δʼ ἔβαν ἐν δίφροισι παραιβάται ἡνίοχοί τε Il. 23.132, cf. D.S. 5.29; παραιβάτας ἔστησαν ἐς τάξιν δορός E. Supp. 677; ἀναλαβεῖν τοὺς παραβάτας X. Cyr. 7.1.29, etc.; δύο δʼ εἰσὶν ἐπὶ τῷ ἅρματι π. πρὸς ἡνιόχῳ Str. 15.1.52: = Att. ἀποβάται, acc. to D.H. 7.73; fem. παραιβάτις, A.R. 1.754.
      • 2 light troops (velites) who ran beside the cavalry, Plu. Aem. 12.
    • II (παραβαίνω II. 1) transgressor, A. Eu. 553 (lyr., in poet. form παρβάτης), cf. Sm. Ps. 16(17).4; π. θεῶν Polem. ap. Macr. Sat. 5.19.29; π. νόμου Ep.Rom. 2.25.

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