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παρατάσσω

paratasso

place, post side by side, draw up in battle-order, drew

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Where it lives

For the Megalopolitans 2 · 10.8/10k
Zacharias 5 · 10.37/10k
Malachias 1 · 7.2/10k
Paralipomenon I 9 · 6.77/10k
Joel 1 · 6.49/10k
First Philippic 2 · 6.09/10k
For the Liberty of the Rhodians 1 · 4.57/10k
Judices (cod. Al.) 6 · 4.1/10k
Agesilaus 3 · 4.08/10k
The Funeral Speech 51-61 1 · 3.98/10k
Hellenica 25 · 3.8/10k
Busiris 1 · 3.64/10k

Densest 12 of 46 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

παρατάσσω · paratassō — LSJ

place, post side by side, draw up in battle-order, drew, up with orders, draw up oneʼs men in battle-order, post by oneʼs side, draw up, be drawn up beside, to be drawn up in battle-order, against, stand side by side in battle, in order of battle

place or post side by side, draw up in battle-order, Hdt. 9.31, Th. 7.3, X. HG 1.1.33, etc. : also c. inf., τοὺς φρουροὺς παρέταξε φυλάττειν τὸ τεῖχος drew them up with orders to guard . . , ib. 4.5.11 :—Med., in prop. sense, draw up oneʼs men in battle-order, ib. 7.5.23 codd.; of ships, π. μετεώρους Th. 1.52 ; post by oneʼs side, αὐτὸς αὑτῷ με παρετάξατο Isoc. 19.38 ; αὐτοῖς π. τὰ παιδικὰ εἰς τὸν ἀγῶνα X. Smp. 8.34 :—Med. and Pass., draw up or be drawn up beside, τῶν ὁπλιτέων οἳ παρατετάχατο πα

2 stand prepared, refuse obstinately

Med. and Pass., stand prepared, παρατετάχθαι πρὸς τὸ ἀποκρίνεσθαι Pl. Prt. 333e ; πρὸς τὰ κακά Epicur. Fr. 489 : c. inf., refuse obstinately, π. μὴ ἐπινεύειν Arr. Epict. 1.5.3, cf. M.Ant. 8.48.

II set side by side, compare

set side by side, compare, Isoc. 11.7.

In the wild

παρατεταγμένον · paratetagmenon Aristophanes, Wasps (DIORISIS sentence 804)
παρατάττοντες · paratattontes Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1116a (DIORISIS sentence 914)
παρετάξατʼ · paretaxatʼ Demosthenes, Against Leptines 76 (DIORISIS sentence 242)
παραταξάμενοι · parataxamenoi Demosthenes, Against Neaera speaker.95 (DIORISIS sentence 228)
παραταξαμένων · parataxamenōn Demosthenes, Apollodorus Against Polycles 22 (DIORISIS sentence 49)
παραταξομένην · parataxomenēn Demosthenes, First Philippic 23 (DIORISIS sentence 70)

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