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παρείκω

pareiko

give way, permit, allow, such

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παρείκω · pareikō — LSJ

give way, permit, allow, such, as permitted a passage, as were practicable

give way, σε . . αἰτῶ πιθέσθαι καὶ παρεικαθεῖν S. OC 1334, cf. Ant. 1102; permit, allow, ὅσον γʼἂν ἡ δύναμις παρείκῃ Pl. R. 374e ; ὅπως ἂν παρείκωσι θεοὶ νομοθετεῖν Id. Lg. 934c ; οἷσπερ ἂν ὁ θεὸς παρείκῃ Id. Tht. 150d ; κατὰ τὸ αἰεὶ παρεῖκον by such ways as permitted a passage, as were practicable, Th. 4.36 ; χωρίοις ἀποτόμοις καὶ χαλεποῖς, οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ . . παρείκουσιν Plu. Cam. 27.

2 relax, let fall

relax, let fall, τὴν χεῖρα Clearch. 25.

II it is competent, allowable, it was practicable

impers., παρείκει μοι it is competent, allowable for me, εἴ μοι παρείκοι S. Ph. 1048; ὅπῃ παρείκοι wherever it was practicable, Th. 3.1 ; καθʼ ὅσον παρείκει Pl. Smp. 187e : c. inf., τόν γε βουλόμενον . . οὐκέτι παρείκει . . ἀκολάστως ζῆν Id. Lg. 734b ; ἐὰν ἄρα ἡμῖν πῃ παρεικάθῃ (Böckh for -ασθῇ . . ἀπαλλάττειν Id. Sph. 254c.

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