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παρασπιστής

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: παρασπιστής παρασπιστοῦ

Structure: παρασπιστ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: from paraspi/zw

Sense

  1. a companion in arms

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative παρασπιστής παρασπιστᾱ́ παρασπισταί
Genitive παρασπιστοῦ παρασπισταῖν παρασπιστῶν
Dative παρασπιστῇ παρασπισταῖν παρασπισταῖς
Accusative παρασπιστήν παρασπιστᾱ́ παρασπιστᾱ́ς
Vocative παρασπιστά παρασπιστᾱ́ παρασπισταί

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἦν γὰρ καὶ τούτων ἡγεμὼν ὁ διαφανέστατοσ, ᾧ τρεῖσ ὑπετάγησαν ἑκατόνταρχοι καὶ αὖθισ ὑπ’ ἐκείνοισ ἕτεροι τὰσ ὑποδεεστέρασ ἔχοντεσ ἀρχάσ, οἳ κατὰ πόλιν μὲν αἰχμοφόροι τε αὐτῷ παρηκολούθουν καὶ τῶν κελευομένων ὑπηρέται, κατὰ δὲ τὰσ στρατείασ πρόμαχοί τε ἦσαν καὶ παρασπισταί· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 2, chapter 13 4:1)
  • ἀντεπῄεσαν δ’ αὐτῷ Λαβιηνόσ τε καὶ Πετρήιοσ, οἱ τοῦ Σκιπίωνοσ ὑποστράτηγοι, καὶ ἐκράτουν τῶν Καίσαροσ παρὰ πολὺ καὶ τραπέντασ ἐδίωκον σοβαρῶσ μετὰ καταφρονήσεωσ, μέχρι Λαβιηνὸν μὲν ὁ ἵπποσ ἐσ τὴν γαστέρα πληγεὶσ ἀπεσείσατο καὶ αὐτὸν οἱ παρασπισταὶ συνήρπαζον, ὁ δὲ Πετρήιοσ, ὡσ ἀκριβῆ τοῦ στρατοῦ λαβὼν πεῖραν καὶ νικήσων, ὅτε βούλεται, διέλυε τὸ ἔργον ἐπειπὼν τοῖσ ἀμφ’ αὐτόν· (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 2, chapter 14 1:4)

Synonyms

  1. a companion in arms

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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