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παρέρχομαι

parerchomai

go by, beside

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What it meant

παρέρχομαι · parerchomai — LSJ

go by, beside, past, pass by, passed away

go by, beside, or past, pass by, of a ship, Od. 16.357 ; ἧος μέγα κῦμα παρῆλθεν 5.429 ; of birds, 12.62 ; of persons, A. Supp. 1004, etc.; [παρῆλθεν ὁ κίνδυνος] ὥσπερ νέφος passed away, D. 18.188.

2 pass, past, past, now gone by, past, of old, past events

of Time, pass, Hdt. 2.86 ; παρεληλύθει τὰ Διονύσια Aeschin. 3.69 ; ὁ παρελθὼν χρόνος time past, E. Fr. 1028 (anap.) ; ὁ π. ἄροτος the past season, S. Tr. 69 ; π. ὁδοί wanderings now gone by, Id. OC 1397 ; οἱ παρεληλυθότες πόνοι Pl. Phdr. 231b, X. An. 4.3.2 ; τῆς παρελθούσης νυκτός Pl. Prt. 310a ; ἐν τῷ παρελθόντι χρόνῳ in time past, of old, X. Cyr. 8.8.20, etc. ; τὰ παρεληλυθότα past events, D. 18.191 ; τὸ παρελθόν, opp. τὸ μέλλον, Arist. Ph. 218a9 ; ὁ παρεληλυθώς (sc. χρόνος) Id. Po. 1457a18, c

II pass by, outstrip, surpass, to be superior, have the advantage, outdone

pass by, outstrip, esp. in speed, τινα Il. 23.345; ποσὶν μή τίς με παρέλθῃ Od. 8.230 ; π. ἐν δόλοισιν surpass in wiles, 13.291 ; οὔ με δόλῳ παρελεύσεαι Thgn. 1285 ; δυνάμει E. Ba. 906 (lyr.) ; ἀναιδείᾳ Ar. Eq. 277 ; π. τῇ πρώτῃ στρατείᾳ to be superior, have the advantage, Aeschin. 3.129 ; τοὺς λόγους τἄργα παρέρχεται D. 10.3 ; τὸ ψυχρὸν τοῦτʼ ὄνομα, τὸ ἄχρι κόρου, παρελήλυθε has outdone that hackneyed phrase, ‘to satiety’, Id. 19.187.

2 outwit, elude, ‘give the go-by to’

outwit, elude, ‘give the go-by to’, μὴ δὴ οὕτως. . κλέπτε νόῳ, ἐπεὶ οὐ παρελεύσεαι οὐδέ με πείσεις (unless in signf. v) Il. 1.132 ; οὐκ ἔστι Διὸς κλέψαι νόον οὐδὲ παρελθεῖν Hes. Th. 613 ; φυλακὰς . . ἐούσας οὐδὲν χαλεπὰς παρελθεῖν Hdt. 3.72 ; π. τὴν πεπρωμένην τύχην E. Alc. 695 ; τὴν ἐν τῷ ὅλῳ ψυχήν Plot. 6.7.11 ; τὰς αἰτίας καὶ τὰς διαβολάς D. 18.7.

III pass on and come to, arrive at

pass on and come to a place, arrive at, ἐς τὰ δίκαια Hes. Op. 216 ; εἰς τὴν δυναστείαν D. 9.24 ; εἰς τὴν οὐσίαν Luc. Gall. 12; ἐπὶ τὰ πράγματα Id. DMort. 25[12].4.

2 pass in, go into

pass in, ἐς τὴν αὐλήν Hdt. 3.77, 5.92.γʹ; ἔσω or εἴσω π. go into a house, etc., A. Ch. 849, S. El. 1337, etc.; ἔσω θυρῶνος Id. OT 1241 ; εἴσω παρὰ τοὺς γηγενεῖς Ar. Nu. 853 : c. acc., π. δόμους E. Med. 1137, Hipp. 108 ; of an army, π. εἰς τὴν πόλιν βίᾳ X. An. 5.5.11; π. εἴσω Πυλῶν D. 18.35.

3 passed

metaph., εἰς παροιμίαν παρῆλθε τὸ πρᾶγμα passed into a proverb, Arist. Fr. 593 ; εἰς τὴν τραγικὴν . . ὀψὲ π. [ἡ ὑπόκρισις] Id. Rh. 1403b23.

IV pass without heeding, disregard, slight, pass over, omit

pass without heeding, τεὸν βωμόν Il. 8.239; disregard, slight θεούς E. Supp. 231; νόμους D. 37.37; pass over, omit, οὐδὲν π. Ar. V. 637, cf. Pl. Phdr. 278e, etc.

2 overstep, transgress

overstep, transgress, Antipho 5.12, Lys. 6.52.

V pass unnoticed, escape the notice of

pass unnoticed, escape the notice of (v. supr. II.2), mostly of things, πολλά με καὶ συνιέντα π. Thgn. 419 ; οὐδέ μʼ ὄμματος φρουρὰν παρῆλθε τόνδε μὴ λεύσσειν στόλον S. Tr. 226 ; τουτὶ γὰρ αὖ μικροῦ παρῆλθέ μʼ εἰπεῖν D. 21.110 : abs., ὡς μὴ παρέλθωσʼ αἱ κόραι S. OC 902.

VI come forward

come forward to speak, ἐς τὸν δῆμον π. Th. 5.45; εἰς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν Aeschin. 3.95 : freq. abs., ταῦτα ἔλεγε παρελθὼν ὁ Ἀριστείδης Hdt. 8.81 ; ὀλίγων ἕνεκα καὐτὴ παρῆλθον ῥημάτων Ar. Th. 443, cf. Av. 1612 ; παρελθὼν ἔλεξε τοιάδε, π. εἶπε, Th. 2.59, X. Ap. 10 ; ὁ βουλόμενος παρελθὼν ἐλεγξάτω Lys. 25.14.

VII adsum

pf. παρελήλυθα, = πάρειμι, adsum, Th. 4.86.

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