παρά

See also: παρα-, παρά-, πάρα, and Appendix:Variations of "para"

Contents

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  1 Ancient Greek
  
  
  
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    1.1 Alternative forms
    
  
  
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    1.2 Etymology
    
  
  
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    1.3 Pronunciation
    
  
  
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    1.4 Preposition
    
    
    
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      1.4.1 Descendants
      
    
    
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      1.4.2 References
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


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  2 Greek
  
  
  
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    2.1 Alternative forms
    
  
  
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    2.2 Preposition
    
  
  
  
  

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

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  πᾰ́ρ (pár) – Epic, Lyric
  


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  πᾰρ’ (par’) – apocopic
  


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  πᾰ́ρᾰ (pára)
  

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-.

Pronunciation

 

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  IPA^(key): /pa.rá/ → /paˈra/ → /paˈra/
  

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  (5^thBCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.rá/
  


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  (1^stCE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /paˈra/
  


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  (4^thCE Koine) IPA^(key): /paˈra/
  


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  (10^thCE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /paˈra/
  


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  (15^thCE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /paˈra/
  

Preposition

πᾰρᾰ́ • (pará) (governs the genitive, dative, and accusative)

1. 
   (+ genitive)
   
   
   
   1. from
   
   
   2. because of
   
   
   
   


2. 
   (+ dative)
   
   1. 
      beside, by, near
      
   
   


3. 
   (+ accusative)
   
   1. contrary to
   
   

Descendants

• English: para-
  

References

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  παρά in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press


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  παρά in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers


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  παρά in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers


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  παρά in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette


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  Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press


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  παρά in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963


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  παρά in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter


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  G3844 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979


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  παρά in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften


• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  
  
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    against idem, page 18.
  
  
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    along idem, page 25.
  
  
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    among idem, page 27.
  
  
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    at idem, page 48.
  
  
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    before idem, page 69.
  
  
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    beside idem, page 75.
  
  
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    by idem, page 107.
  
  
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    contrary idem, page 169.
  
  
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    contravention idem, page 169.
  
  
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    deposit idem, page 212.
  
  
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    during idem, page 256.
  
  
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    except idem, page 288.
  
  
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    from idem, page 346.
  
  
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    house idem, page 408.
  
  
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    next idem, page 557.
  
  
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    parallel idem, page 591.
  
  
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    past idem, page 597.
  
  
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    pay idem, page 600.
  
  
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    presence idem, page 636.
  
  
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    reason idem, page 676.
  
  
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    refer idem, page 684.
  
  
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    resort idem, page 703.
  
  
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    rule idem, page 725.
  
  
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    time idem, page 875.
  
  
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    to idem, page 878.
  
  
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    violation idem, page 953.
  
  
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    visit idem, page 954.
  
  
  
  

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Greek

Alternative forms

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  παρ' (par')
  

Preposition

παρά • (pará) (+ accusative)

1. 
   despite, in spite of
   

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