παραγίγνομαι (paragignomai)

Where it lives

Susanna (LXX) 3 · 39.27/10k
Against Stephanus 2 7 · 38/10k
Against Simon 7 · 32.14/10k
Against Spudias 5 · 25.8/10k
Regnorum II 30 · 18.54/10k
Against Euthynus 2 · 18.35/10k
On The Property Of Eraton 1 · 17.12/10k
Machabaeorum II 19 · 16.44/10k
Against Evergus And Mnesibulus 7 · 13.08/10k
Laches 10 · 13.03/10k
Against Pancleon 1 · 12.99/10k
On the Property of Aristophanes 4 · 12.89/10k

Densest 12 of 124 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

παραγίγνομαι · paragignomai — LSJ

to be beside, by, near, attended, at, was by, to be present at

to be beside, by or near: c. dat. pers. et rei, καί σφιν παρεγίγνετο δαιτί attended them at the banquet, Od. 17.173: c. dat. pers. only, Σοφοκλεῖ π. ἐρωτωμένῳ was by him when he was asked, Pl. R. 329b, cf. Antipho 6.17: c. dat. rei only, π. τῇ μάχῃ to be present at . . , Pl. Chrm. 153c; τῇ συνουσίᾳ Id. Smp. 172c, cf. Hdt. 8.109; also π. ἐν τοῖς ἀγῶσι Isoc. 12.52; ἐν τοιοῖσδε λόγοις, ἐν τῇ συνουσίᾳ, Pl. Prt. 337a, Smp. 173b: abs., Antipho 2.3.5.

2 come to oneʼs side, stand by, second, support

π. τινί come to oneʼs side, stand by, second, Hes. Th. 429, 436, Hdt. 3.32; μάρτυρες . . τοῖσι θανοῦσιν π. A. Eu. 319 (anap.); ἐπί τινα against one, Th. 2.95; μάχῃ . . π. τισί support them in battle, Id. 3.54: abs., Hes. Th. 432, Th. 6.67; ἄνδρες ἱππῆς -γένεσθε Ar. Eq. 242; -γενηθεὶς ἐπάγγελτος SIG 708.21 (Istropolis, ii B. C.).

3 to be at hand, accrue

of things, to be at hand, accrue to one, πόλεμος ὅθεν καί τις δύναμις παρεγένετο Th. 1.15, cf. X. Mem. 4.2.2; φόβοι παραγιγνόμενοί τισι Isoc. 5.34; ἀρετὴ π. οἷς ἂν π. Pl. Men. 99e, cf. 86d, Arist. EN 1099b16; ἀπὸ φυσιολογίας Phld. Rh. 1.122 S.; of scientific learning, Arist. APo. 71a4; of virtue, ὅτῳ τρόπῳ παραγίγνεται Pl. Men. 71a.

4 to be descended, to have a right to attend a sacrifice through descent

π. ἀπό τινος to be descended from . . , or perh. to have a right to attend a sacrifice through descent from . . , Inscr.Cos 405.

II come to, come to, arrive, come up

come to, τινι Thgn. 139, X. Cyr. 4.1.14, etc.; π. ἐς κώμην Hdt. 1.185; π. ἐς τὠυτό come to the same point, Id. 2.4; ἐς τὸ δέον Id. 1.32; ἐπὶ τὰς ταφάς Aeschin. 3.235: abs., arrive, come up, παρεγένοντο αἱ νέες Hdt. 6.95.

2 come to maturity, to be fully grown

come to maturity, of corn, Id. 1.193; of the horns of oxen, to be fully grown, Id. 4.29.

3 have recourse to

have recourse to, ἐπὶ τροφὴν καὶ πόμα Gal. 15.506; ἐπὶ τὸ τῆς ὄνου γάλα ib. 746.

In the wild

παραγιγνόμεναι · paragignomenai Aeschylus, Eumenides 316–320
παραγένεσθε · paragenesthe Aristophanes, Knights (DIORISIS sentence 228)
παραγενοίμην · paragenoimēn Aristophanes, Knights (DIORISIS sentence 338)
παραγίνονται · paraginontai Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Α (DIORISIS sentence 1473)
παραγενέσθαι · paragenesthai Aristotle, De Divinatione per Somnum (DIORISIS sentence 14)
παραγενέσθαι · paragenesthai Aristotle, Economics 1350a (DIORISIS sentence 260)

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