παράκειμαι (parakeimai)

Where it lives

Bel et Draco (LXX) 1 · 11.9/10k
Machabaeourum III 2 · 3.98/10k
Romans 2 · 2.85/10k
Machabaeorum II 3 · 2.6/10k
Judith 2 · 2.28/10k
Oeconomica II 1 · 2.13/10k
Enchiridion 1 · 2.02/10k
Philebus 3 · 1.7/10k
Economics 1 · 1.61/10k
Philoctetes 1 · 1.14/10k
Siracides 2 · 1.08/10k
Timaeus 2 · 0.85/10k

Densest 12 of 19 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

παράκειμαι · parakeimai — LSJ

lie beside, before, to be at hand, available, to be adjacent, the choice is before, lie side by side, lying at, door, present, present, dishes on table, nearest, things present, under discussion, obvious, to be closely connected with

used as Pass. to παρατίθημι, lie beside or before, ἔτι καὶ παρέκειτο τράπεζα Il. 24.476; ὀϊστόν, ὅ οἱ παρέκειτο τραπέζῃ Od. 21.416, cf. Pherecr. 108.17, Telecl. 1.7, etc.; ἡ παρακειμένη τροφή Arist. HA 599a25: generally, to be at hand, available, οἷα τέκτοσιν ἡμῖν ὕλη παράκειται Pl. Ti. 69a; to be adjacent, c. dat., PTeb. 74.56 (ii B. C.): metaph., ὑμῖν παράκειται ἐναντίον ἠὲ μάχεσθαι ἢ φεύγειν the choice is before you, to fight or flee, Od. 22.65; ἔρδειν . . ἀμηχανίη παράκειται Thgn. 685; ἅμα π

b to be attached, appended, to be noted, scheduled, to be preserved

in legal phrases, to be attached or appended, of documents, BGU 889.15 (ii A. D.); to be noted, scheduled, PTeb. 27.7 (ii B. C.); to be preserved in a register or archive, PSI 5.454.18 (iv A. D.), etc.

2 press on, urge

press on, urge, c. dat., πυκνότερον ἡμῖν -κείμενοι LXX 3 Ma. 7.3, cf. Plb. 5.34.7.

3 lie prostrate

metaph., lie prostrate, of absolute subjection, π. πρὸ προσώπου σου LXX Ju. 3.3.

4 to be permissible

to be permissible, Hp. Dent. 15.

II

in Gramm., etc.:

1 to be laid down, mentioned, to be cited

to be laid down, mentioned in text-books, τὰ σημεῖα οὐ παράκειται Philum. Ven. 29; simply, to be cited, ἐκ τῶν Θεοφράστου Sch. Ar. Pl. 720.

2 perfect

ὁ παρακείμενος (sc. χρόνος) the perfect tense, A.D. Synt. 205.15.

3 ex adjecto, Eumenides

ἀντίφρασίς ἐστι λέξις . . διὰ τοῦ π. τὸ ἐναντίον παριστῶσα, ex adjecto, as when the Furies are called Eumenides, Trypho Trop. 2.15, cf. Ps.-Plu. Vit.Hom. 25.

4 to be joined by juxtaposition, com

of words, to be joined by juxtaposition (not composition, cf. παράθεσις I.2), A.D. Synt. 330.26, al.

5 to be interpolated

to be interpolated, Gal. 18(1).58.

In the wild

παράκειται · parakeitai Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..64 (DIORISIS sentence 781)
παρακειμένην · parakeimenēn Aristotle, Economics 1353b (DIORISIS sentence 364)
παρακειμένην · parakeimenēn Aristotle, Oeconomica II (DIORISIS sentence 206)
παρακείμενον · parakeimenon Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.17 (DIORISIS sentence 2191)
παρακειμένων · parakeimenōn Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.2 (DIORISIS sentence 4877)
παρακείμενοι · parakeimenoi Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 5991)

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Where it came from

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