παρέκ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• παρέξ (paréx) — before a vowel; occasionally before a consonant
• πάρεξ (párex) — in Herodotus

Etymology

παρά (pará) +‎ ἔκ (ék)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.rék/ → /paˈrek/ → /paˈrek/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.rék/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /paˈrek/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /paˈrek/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /paˈrek/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /paˈrek/

Adverb

πᾰρέκ • (parék)

1. along past, close by
2. away from the point, evasively
3. differently

Preposition

πᾰρέκ • (parék)

1. (with genitive) outside of
2. (with accusative) beyond, away from, along beyond
3. (with accusative) without the knowledge of, unbeknownst to

Derived terms

• παρὲκ νόον (parèk nóon, “contrary to reason, foolishly”)

Further reading

• “παρέκ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• παρέκ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “παρέκ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press