• πᾰρᾰ-(pără-) —prefix
• πᾰ́ρᾰ(pắră) —postpositive form with initial stress
• πᾰραί(păraí) —Epic, metrical lengthening
• πᾰ́ρ(pắr) —Epic, Lyric
• πᾰρ’(păr’) —apocopic

FromProto-Hellenic*pərai, apparently fromProto-Indo-European*preh₂-(“before, in front”) and/or*per-(identical meaning), the details of which are disputed. CompareMycenaean Greek𐀞𐀫(pa-ro).^[1]

The genitive is from the PIE ablative of origin or cause. The dative is from the locative. The accusative is perhaps from a metaphor of going near someone to attack them; for the semantics, compareἀντί(antí) andLatinante.

πᾰρᾰ́• (părắ) (governs thegenitive,dative, andaccusative)

1. [withgenitive]
   1. from
   2. because of
2. [withdative]
   1. at,beside,by,near

   μένεινπαρὰ τισί ―méneinparà tisí ―to stayat someone's house/home

3. [withaccusative]
   1. contrary to
   2. beside,by,near(w/ verbs of coming or going; w/ verbs of past motion; w/ verbs of striking or wounding)

   παρ’ ἔμ’ ἵστασο ―par’ ém’ hístaso ―standby/beside me

• πᾰρᾰ-(pără-)

• “παρά”, inLiddell & Scott (1940),A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “παρά”, inLiddell & Scott (1889),An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “παρά”, inAutenrieth, Georg (1891),A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• παρά inBailly, Anatole (1935),Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001),A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• παρά inCunliffe, Richard J. (1924),A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published1963
• “παρά”, inSlater, William J. (1969),Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G3844 inStrong, James (1979),Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• παρά inTrapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007),Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910),English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • against idem, page 18.
  • along idem, page 25.
  • among idem, page 27.
  • at idem, page 48.
  • before idem, page 69.
  • beside idem, page 75.
  • by idem, page 107.
  • contrary idem, page 169.
  • contravention idem, page 169.
  • deposit idem, page 212.
  • during idem, page 256.
  • except idem, page 288.
  • from idem, page 346.
  • house idem, page 408.
  • next idem, page 557.
  • parallel idem, page 591.
  • past idem, page 597.
  • pay idem, page 600.
  • presence idem, page 636.
  • reason idem, page 676.
  • refer idem, page 684.
  • resort idem, page 703.
  • rule idem, page 725.
  • time idem, page 875.
  • to idem, page 878.
  • violation idem, page 953.
  • visit idem, page 954.

• IPA^(key): /paˈɾa/
• Hyphenation:πα‧ρά

FromAncient Greekπαρά(pará)

παρά• (pará) (+ accusative)

1. despite,in spite of
2. less(minus; not including)
   1. (time)to(preceding the next whole hour)

      Είναι έξιπαρά είκοσι πέντε.

      Eínai éxipará eíkosi pénte.

      It's twenty-fiveto six

      (literally, “It's sixless twenty-five.”)

      Στις έντεκαπαρά τέταρτο.

      Stis éntekapará tétarto.

      At a quarterto eleven.

      (literally, “At elevenless (a) quarter.”)

• παρ’(par’)

παρά• (pará)

1. (qualifying a negative)but
2. (comparative)than

See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

παρά• (pará) m

1. nominative/accusative/vocativesingular ofπαράς(parás)

• παρά, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at theCentre for the Greek language

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