παραβαίνω (parabaino)

Where it lives

On the Accession of Alexander 8 · 44.82/10k
Against Lochites 2 · 17.86/10k
Virtues and Vices 2 · 13.49/10k
Against Theocrines 6 · 12.89/10k
For The Soldier 1 · 11.53/10k
Against Callimachus 4 · 11.28/10k
Against Stephanus 2 2 · 10.86/10k
Crito 4 · 9.59/10k
Against Dionysodorus 3 · 9.2/10k
Against Phaenippus 2 · 9.01/10k
Against Olympiodorus 3 · 8.55/10k
Against Aristocrates 12 · 7.85/10k

Densest 12 of 86 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

παραβαίνω · parabainō — LSJ

go by the side of, stand beside, standing beside

go by the side of, and in pf., stand beside, twice in Hom., c. dat., of one standing beside the warrior in the chariot (cf. παραβάτης), Ἕκτορι παρβεβαώς Il. 11.522; of two warriors, παρβεβαῶτε . . ἀλλήλοιιν 13.708; also impf. παρέβασκε, of the combatant in the chariot, 11.104; but παρεβεβήκεέ οἱ ἡνίοχος Hdt. 7.40.

II pass beside, beyond

pass beside or beyond, mostly metaph. (lit. π. τὸν ὅρον PHal. 1.87 (iii B. C.)), in trans. sense:

1 overstep, transgress, sin against, disappoint, transgressors, to be transgressed, offended against, as offences were committed

overstep, transgress, τὰ νόμιμα Hdt. 1.65; δίκην A. Ag. 789 (anap.); δίκην τὴν δεδικασμένην Antipho 5.87; εἴ τι τούτων παραβαίνοιμι IG 1(2).15.42, cf. 76.57; θεοῦ νόμον E. Ion 230 (lyr.); οὐ τοὺς νόμους μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸν καιρὸν τῆς ἀναρρήσεως καὶ τὸν τόπον Aeschin. 3.204; θεσμούς, ὅρκους, Ar. Av. 331, 332 (both lyr.), cf. Th. 1.78, Lys. 9.15; τὰς σπονδάς Ar. Av. 461: c. acc. pers., π. τινὰ δαιμόνων sin against a god, Hdt. 6.12, cf. D.H. 1.23; οὓς παραβαίνειν αἰσχρόν disappoint, Chor. p.80 B. (

b

with Prep., π. παρὰ τὴν συγγραφήν AJA 16.13 (Sardes, iv/iii B. C.).

c go aside from

c. gen., go aside from, τῆς ἀληθείας Arist. Cael. 271b8.

2 pass over, omit

pass over, omit, S. Tr. 499 (lyr.), D. 18.211, Aristeas 297.

3 let pass

let pass, καιρούς Din. 1.36.

4 escaped

οὔ με παρέβα φάσμα it escaped me not, E. Hec. 704 (lyr.).

III pass on

pass on, π. εἰς ἀπέχθειαν Plb. 38.12.3 (sed leg. προβῆναι).

IV come forward, step forward

come forward, esp. of the Com. parabasis (v. παράβασις), π. πρὸς τὸ θέατρον step forward to address the spectators, Ar. Ach. 629, Eq. 508, Pax 735; also οὐκ ἂν παρέβην εἰς λέξιν τοιάνδʼ ἐπῶν Pl.Com. 92.2: similarly, metaph., δοκεῖν παραβεβηκέναι τῇ πρώτῃ σκηνῇ Procl. in Prm. p.523 S.

V commit an offence against

in Med., c. acc. pers., commit an offence against, Chor. p.68 B.

In the wild

παραβᾶσιν · parabasin Aeschylus, Agamemnon 55–59
παραβάντες · parabantes Aeschylus, Agamemnon 788–789
παρβαίνουσι · parbainousi Aeschylus, Eumenides 767–771
παρέβη · parebē Aristophanes, Acharnians (DIORISIS sentence 484)
παρέβη · parebē Aristophanes, Birds 1 (DIORISIS sentence 297)
παρέβη · parebē Aristophanes, Birds 1 (DIORISIS sentence 297)

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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