πάρῐσ-ος · paris-os — LSJ
almost equal, evenly balanced
almost equal, evenly balanced, ἀγών, κίνδυνος, Plb. 2.10.2, 5.69.8 ; π. ταῖς δυνάμεσι Id. 1.13.12 ; πέλαγος π. τῷ Ποντικῷ Str. 11.7.1 ; ἴση ἢ π. γε (sc. ἡ εὐθεῖα) Id. 2.1.28.
II exactly balanced and even, parallel in structure
in Rhet., of the clauses of a sentence, exactly balanced and even, π. καὶ ὁμοιοτέλευτον Arist. Rh. 1410b1, cf. Phld. Rh. 2.258 S. ; ἰσόκωλα καὶ πάρισα D.S. 12.53 ; ἀντίθετα καὶ π. καὶ ὁμοιόπτωτα Plu. Glor.Ath. 2.350d ; οὔτε π. τὰ κῶλα ἀλλήλοις εἶναι οὔτε παρόμοια parallel in structure, D.H. Comp. 22, cf. 23 ; ἵνα τὸ τελευταῖον κῶλον π. καὶ ἐφάμιλλον τοῖς πρὸ αὐτοῦ γένηται ib. 9 ; π. σχῆμα Hermog. Meth. 16.