παραχωρ-έω (parachoreo)

Where it lives

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Hiero 4 · 6.71/10k
On the Accession of Alexander 1 · 5.6/10k
For the Liberty of the Rhodians 1 · 4.57/10k
Third Olynthiac 1 · 4.25/10k
Against Pantaenetus 1 · 2.69/10k
Fragments 1 · 2.51/10k
Areopagiticus 1 · 2.19/10k
Discourses 16 · 2.16/10k
Enchiridion 1 · 2.02/10k
Machabaeorum II 2 · 1.73/10k

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What it meant

παραχωρ-έω · parachōr-eō — LSJ

go aside, to be displaced, make way, give place

go aside : rarely in lit. sense, to be displaced, Hp. Loc.Hom. 47 : mostly, make way, give place, abs., Ar. Ra. 767, Ec. 633, And. 1.26, Pl. Smp. 213b, D. 17.1, etc.; τινι for one, X. HG 5.4.28, Arr. Epict. 4.1.107, etc.

b give way, yield, submit, should concede

give way, yield, submit, τινι to one, Pl. Prt. 336b ; τινί τινος in respect of . . , ib.c. c. acc. cogn., εἴ τις ταῦτα παραχωρήσειε should concede this, Arist. de An. 410b25 : c. acc. et dat., π. τῷ νομοθετοῦντι τοιάδε Pl. Lg. 959e.

2 retire from

π. τινός retire from . . , ὑμᾶς ἀξιῶ . . μὴ παραχωρεῖν τῆς τάξεως D. 3.36 ; ἐκ τῆς πόλεως v.l. in D.H. 6.50.

3 step aside out of the way for, we have given up, leave the task

step aside out of the way for another, as a mark of respect, ὁδοῦ π. τὸν νεώτερον πρεσβυτέρῳ X. Mem. 2.3.16 : in full, c. dat. pers. et gen. rei vel loci, ὁ ποταμὸς ἡμῖν παρακεχώρηκε τῆς ὁδοῦ Id. Cyr. 7.5.20 ; π. σοι τοῦ βήματος Aeschin. 3.165 ; τοῖς ἐχθροῖς τῆς ἡμετέρας π. Isoc. 6.13 ; Φιλίππῳ . . Ἀμφιπόλεως παρακεχωρήκαμεν we have given up Amphipolis to him, D. 5.25 ; τῆς ἐλευθερίας π. Φιλίππῳ Id. 18.68 ; π. τινὶ τῶν αὑτοῦ Id. 37.50 ; οὐ γὰρ ἐπʼ εὐνοία γʼ ἐμοὶ παρεχώρεις ἐλπίδων Id. 18.273 ; τ

4 concede, allow, permit, deliver, hand over, to be permitted, conceded

concede, π. τινί τι LXX 2 Ma. 2.28 ; τὰ ὡμολογημένα Arr. Epict. 1.7.15 ; π. τινὶ θέσθαι τι allow, permit, Pl. Plt. 260e ; εἰ δὲ ἐπελάθετο, νῦν παρασχέσθω· ἐγὼ παραχωρῶ (sc. αὐτῷ παρασχέσθαι) Id. Ap. 34a ; deliver, hand over, σώματα ταλάντου π. LXX 2 Ma. 8.11 :—Pass., to be permitted or conceded, Corn. Rh. p.366 H., Plu. An seni 2.787d.

b give up, surrender, having had, ceded to me

in Law, give up, surrender a holding, claim. or right, PTeb. 5.82 (ii B.C.), PGrenf. 2.33.3 (ii/i B.C.), etc.; δάνειον PSI 1.64.15 (i B. C.) : c. dat., Arch.Pap. 5.390 (i A. D.) :—Pass., PTeb. 30.28 (ii B.C.) ; also παρακεχωρημένος τὸν Μενάνδρου κλῆρον having had his holding ceded to me, ib. 31.16 (ii B.C.) ; ἀλλότρια δάνεια -χωρούμενοι OGI 669.15 (Egypt, i A.D.).

5 comes to, results in

ἐνταῦθα π. comes to this, results in this, Plu. Isid. 2.365c.

6 flow

flow, of saliva, Orib. Syn. 8.9 (v.l. προχ-).

In the wild

παραχώρει · parachōrei Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae (DIORISIS sentence 490)
παραχωρεῖν · parachōrein Aristophanes, Frogs 767
παραχωρεῖν · parachōrein Aristophanes, Lysistrata 1216 (DIORISIS sentence 946)
παρεχώρουν · parechōroun Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..23 (DIORISIS sentence 296)
παραχωρησάντων · parachōrēsantōn Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..3 (DIORISIS sentence 39)
παραχωρήσονται · parachōrēsontai Demosthenes, Against Aristocrates 105 (DIORISIS sentence 410)

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