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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

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

  • τοῦτό μοι δοκεῖ παρὰ Λακεδαιμονίων μετενέγκασθαι τὸ ἔθοσ μαθὼν ὅτι καὶ παρ’ ἐκείνοισ οἱ γενναιότατοι τῶν νέων τριακόσιοι φύλακεσ ἦσαν τῶν βασιλέων, οἷσ ἐχρῶντο κατὰ τοὺσ πολέμουσ παρασπισταῖσ, ἱππεῦσί τε οὖσι καὶ πεζοῖσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 2, chapter 13 5:1)
  • ἐπάγονται δὲ καὶ θεράποντασ ἐλευθέρουσ ἐκ τῶν πενήτων καταλέγοντεσ, οἷσ ἡνιόχοισ καὶ παρασπισταῖσ χρῶνται κατὰ τὰσ μάχασ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 5, chapter 29 2:2)
  • αὐτὸσ δὲ παραλαβὼν Πολύαινον τὸν Κυπαρισσέα καὶ Σιμίαν, οἷσ ἐχρῆτο τότε παρασπισταῖσ, ἐκ τοῦ πέραν τῆσ τάφρου τὴν ἀντιπαραγωγὴν ἐποιεῖτο τῷ τυράννῳ καὶ τοῖσ μετ’ αὐτοῦ· (Polybius, Histories, book 11, chapter 18 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. a companion in arms

Related

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

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