παράβυστος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Verbal adjective from πᾰρᾰβῡ́ω (parabū́ō, “stuff in, insert”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pa.rá.bys.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /paˈra.bys.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /paˈra.βys.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /paˈra.vys.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /paˈra.vis.tos/
Adjective
πᾰρᾰ́βυστος • (parábustos) m or f (neuter πᾰρᾰ́βυστον); second declension
- stuffed, forced in
- of a self-invited guest ἐκ παραβύστου καθῆσθαι
- small or supplementary couch
- παράβυστος κλίνη
- pushed aside or into a corner
- (law) παράβυστον δικαστήριον Athenian court lying in an obscure place where the ἕνδεκα (héndeka, “'Eleven'”) held meetings or held the accused. They were responsible for policing the city.
Inflection
Second declension of πᾰρᾰ́βυστος; πᾰρᾰ́βυστον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | πᾰρᾰ́βυστος parábustos | πᾰρᾰ́βυστον parábuston | πᾰρᾰβύστω parabústō | πᾰρᾰβύστω parabústō | πᾰρᾰ́βυστοι parábustoi | πᾰρᾰ́βυστᾰ parábusta | ||||||||
Genitive | πᾰρᾰβύστου parabústou | πᾰρᾰβύστου parabústou | πᾰρᾰβύστοιν parabústoin | πᾰρᾰβύστοιν parabústoin | πᾰρᾰβύστων parabústōn | πᾰρᾰβύστων parabústōn | ||||||||
Dative | πᾰρᾰβύστῳ parabústōi | πᾰρᾰβύστῳ parabústōi | πᾰρᾰβύστοιν parabústoin | πᾰρᾰβύστοιν parabústoin | πᾰρᾰβύστοις parabústois | πᾰρᾰβύστοις parabústois | ||||||||
Accusative | πᾰρᾰ́βυστον parábuston | πᾰρᾰ́βυστον parábuston | πᾰρᾰβύστω parabústō | πᾰρᾰβύστω parabústō | πᾰρᾰβύστους parabústous | πᾰρᾰ́βυστᾰ parábusta | ||||||||
Vocative | πᾰρᾰ́βυστε parábuste | πᾰρᾰ́βυστον parábuston | πᾰρᾰβύστω parabústō | πᾰρᾰβύστω parabústō | πᾰρᾰ́βυστοι parábustoi | πᾰρᾰ́βυστᾰ parábusta | ||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἐν παραβύστῳ (en parabústōi, “in a hole-and-corner”)
Related terms
- ἀκρόβυστος (akróbustos)
- βύσμα (búsma)
- βῡ́ω (bū́ō)
- κυψελόβυστος (kupselóbustos)
- νουβυστικός (noubustikós)
- παράβυσμα (parábusma)
- πᾰρᾰβῡ́ω (parabū́ō)
Descendants
- Greek: παραβύστω (paravýsto)
Further reading
- “παράβυστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “παράβυστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek παράβυστος.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paˈra.vi.stos/
- Hyphenation: πα‧ρά‧βυ‧στος
Adjective
παράβυστος • (parávystos) m (archaic, obsolete)
- secret
Usage notes
- Found only in the ancient dative case: παραβύστῳ (parabústōi) in the phrase:
- εν κρυπτώ και παραβύστω (en kryptó kai paravýsto, “hole-and-corner”), ἐν κρυπτῷ καὶ παραβύστῳ
References
- Georgios Babiniotis (2002), “παράβυστος”, in Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of the New Greek Language] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias, →ISBN.
- Babiniotis, Georgios (2010), “παράβυστος”, in Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre