The corpus record

παρεκ-λέγω

pareklego

collect covertly

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Where it lives

On the False Embassy 1 · 0.43/10k

What it meant

παρεκ-λέγω · parek-legō — LSJ

collect covertly, embezzle

collect covertly, π. τὰ κοινά embezzle the public moneys, D. 19.294, cf. Ph. 2.575, D.C. 54.21, 76.7.

2 collect, here and there

of birds, collect food here and there, ὅ τι ἂν τύχῃ παρεκλέγων Ael. NA 8.25, cf. 17.16.

3 seek to acquire

seek to acquire, τὸ τῆς δόξης ἀθάνατον Eun. Hist. p.251 D.

In the wild

παρεκλέγοντα · pareklegonta Demosthenes, On the False Embassy Concl.294 (DIORISIS sentence 1047)

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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