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παραβάτης

parabates · ὁ

one who stands beside

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παρα-βάτης · para-batēs — LSJ

one who stands beside, the warrior, combatant who stands beside the charioteer

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 velites, ran beside

light troops (velites) who ran beside the cavalry, Plu. Aem. 12.

II transgressor

(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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