παρουσ-ία (parousia)

Where it lives

2 Thessalonians 3 · 37.17/10k
2 Peter 3 · 27.7/10k
1 Thessalonians 4 · 27.51/10k
Philippians 2 · 12.52/10k
James 2 · 11.7/10k
2 Corinthians 3 · 6.69/10k
Lysis 4 · 5.76/10k
1 John 1 · 4.7/10k
On the Public Fund 1 · 4.33/10k
Electra 3 · 3.46/10k
1 Corinthians 2 · 2.96/10k
Hecuba 2 · 2.79/10k

Densest 12 of 37 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

παρουσ-ία · parous-ia — LSJ

presence, present

presence, of persons, δεσπότου, etc., A. Pers. 169, etc. ; ἀνδρῶν π., = ἄνδρες οἱ παρόντες, E. Alc. 606 ; πόλις μείζων τῆς ἡμετέρας π., = ἡμῶν τῶν παρόντων, Th. 6.86 ; παρουσίαν μὲν οἶσθα . . φίλων, ὡς οὔτις ἡμῖν ἐστιν, i.e. that we have no friends present to assist us, S. El. 948 ; of things, κακῶν E. Hec. 227, Ar. Th. 1049 ; ἀγαθῶν Pl. Grg. 497e : abs., παρουσίαν ἔχειν, = παρεῖναι, S. Aj. 540 ; τὰ τῆς τύχης . . κοινὰς [ἔχει] τὰς παρουσίας D. Prooem. 39 ; αὐτὸ τὸ ἀγαθὸν [αἴτιον] τῇ π. τοῖς ἄλλο

2 arrival, visit

arrival, ἡμῶν κοινόπουν π. S. El. 1104, cf. E. Alc. 209, Th. 1.128 ; εἰς Ἰταλίαν D.H. 1.45 ; esp. visit of a royal or official personage, βασιλέως, etc., PTeb. 48.14 (ii B. C.), IPE 12.32A85 (Olbia, iii B.C.), etc.; of a god, IG 42(1).122.34 (Epid.).

3 occasion

occasion, v.l. in S. El. 1251.

4 visits

π. τισὶ ποιεῖσθαι entertain them on their official visits, OGI 139.9 (Philae, ii B.C.).

5 the Advent

in NT, the Advent, Ev.Matt. 24.27, al.

6 situation

Astrol., situation of a planet at a point on the zodiac, ἤτοι κατὰ παρουσίαν ἢ κατὰ συμμαρτυρίαν Vett.Val. 49.26.

II substance, property

substance, property, ὡς . . ἔχομεν παρουσίας Pl.Com. 177, cf. Men. 471 ; π. χρημάτων Crates Com. 16.

2 contribution

contribution in money, Sch. Luc. Phal. 1.3 (pl.).

In the wild

παρουσία · parousia Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 668–671
παρουσίαν · parousian Aeschylus, Persians 169
παρουσίᾳ · parousiai Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae (DIORISIS sentence 798)
παρουσία · parousia Aristotle, De Sensu et Sensibilibus (DIORISIS sentence 54)
παρουσίᾳ · parousiai Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 1
παρουσίᾳ · parousiai Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 1

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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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