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πάρεργος

parergos

beside the main subject, subordinate, incidental

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Where it lives

On The Trierarchic Crown 1 · 7.43/10k
Against Onetor 1 1 · 4.26/10k
Enchiridion 2 · 4.03/10k
The Erotic Essay 1 · 2.73/10k
Timaeus 4 · 1.69/10k
De Respiratione 1 · 1.65/10k
Electra 1 · 1.32/10k
De Sensu et Sensibilibus 1 · 1.28/10k
Heracles 1 · 1.28/10k
Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k
Epistles 2 · 1.18/10k
Statesman 2 · 1.18/10k

Densest 12 of 30 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

πάρεργος · parergos — LSJ

beside the main subject, subordinate, incidental, as a mere accessory, by the way, cursorily, transiently

beside the main subject, subordinate, incidental, ὁ λόγος π. ὤν Pl. Ti. 38d ; παρέργῳ τῇ ποιήσει καταχρήσασθαι treat it as a mere accessory, ib. 21c ; ὅ τι μὴ π. Id. Phdr. 274a, etc. ; πάντα π. ποιησάμενος PHib. 1.44.5 (iii B. C.). Adv. -γως by the way, cursorily, opp. ἀκριβῶς, Pl. Lg. 793e ; opp. ἐξεταστικῶς, D. 17.13 ; π. ἔχειν πρός τι Din. 3.14 ; οὐ π. ἔμαθον Hegesipp.Com. 1.6, cf. Men. 462.6 ; φέροντα μὴ π. Id. Sam. 293, cf. Porph. Abst. 2.61, PMag.Par. 1.2640 ; transiently, Phld. Mus. p.39

II subordinate, secondary business, a secondary purpose, a trifling set-off to, baubles in comparison with, among the rest, as a by-work, as subordinate, secondary, no great addition

as Subst. πάρεργον, τό, subordinate or secondary business, πόνων E. Or. 610 ; πάρεργʼ ὁδοῦ a secondary purpose of my journey, Id. El. 509 ; π. τῆς τύχης a trifling set-off to my for tune, Id. Hel. 925 ; πάρεργα ἐμῶν κακῶν baubles in comparison with my ills, Id. HF 1340 ; πάρεργα δόμων, = νόθοι, Id. El. 63 ; π. γίγνεσθαι to be slain among the rest, Paus. 10.27.2 ; ἐν παρέργῳ as a by-work, as subordinate or secondary, Th. 6.69, etc. ; ἐν π. θοῦ με treat in such a way, S. Ph. 473 : ὡς ἐν π. τῆς ἐμῆ

In the wild

παρέργῳ · parergōi Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 62)
παρέργῳ · parergōi Aristotle, De Sensu et Sensibilibus (DIORISIS sentence 143)
παρέργῳ · parergōi Aristotle, Metaphysics book 12 (DIORISIS sentence 3492)
πάρεργα · parerga Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1098a (DIORISIS sentence 190)
πάρεργον · parergon Aristotle, Politics 1324a (DIORISIS sentence 2501)
πάρεργον · parergon Demosthenes, Against Onetor 1 21 (DIORISIS sentence 52)

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