The corpus record

παρακαθ-ίημι

parakathiemi

let down beside

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Where it lives

Helen 1 · 1.02/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

παρακαθ-ίημι · parakath-iēmi — LSJ

let down beside, lets down, let drop, sink by the side, send out side-roots

let down beside, of the nautilus, ἀντὶ πηδαλίων τῶν πλεκτανῶν παρακαθίησι lets down some of its feelers . . , Arist. HA 622b14; let drop or sink by the side, τὰς χεῖρας Plu. Nic. 9; δακτύλιον Id. Adul. 2.63e: abs., send out side-roots, Thphr. HP 8.2.3:—Med., πηδάλια ζεύγλαισι παρακαθίετο E. Hel. 1536.

2 sink down

intr. (sc. ἑαυτόν), sink down, π. τοῖς σώμασι διὰ τὸν κόπον Plb. 35.1.4.

In the wild

παρακαθεὶς · parakatheis Epictetus, Discourses 2.4 (DIORISIS sentence 1997)
παρακαθίετο · parakathieto Euripides, Helen *)/aggelos (DIORISIS sentence 1001)

Where it came from

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