πάρειμι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πᾰρᾰ- (para-, “beside”) +‎ εἰμί (eimí, “to be”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pá.reː.mi/ → /ˈpa.ri.mi/ → /ˈpa.ri.mi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pá.reː.mi/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ri.mi/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ri.mi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ri.mi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ri.mi/

Verb

πᾰ́ρειμῐ • (páreimi)

1. to be by or present
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 2.485
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 3.267
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 20.98
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 23.479
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 24.475
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 15.325
   • 500 BCE – 400 BCE, Parmenides, On Nature 2.1
   1. to be by or near one
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 5.105
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 4.640
      • 480 BCE – 411 BCE, Antiphon of Rhamnus, Third Tetralogy 1.7
      • 409 BCE, Sophocles, Philoctetes 1056
      • 414 BCE, Aristophanes, The Birds 131
   2. to be present in or at
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 4.497
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 10.217
      • 428 BCE, Euripides, Hippolytus 805
      • 349 BCE, Demosthenes, First Olynthiac 2
      • 446 BCE – 386 BCE, Aristophanes, The Acharnians 513
      • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 335B
      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Timocrates 159
   3. to be present so as to help, stand by
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 18.472
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 13.393
      • 472 BCE, Aeschylus, The Persians 235
      • 408 BCE, Euripides, Orestes 1159
      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Phormio 12
      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Timocrates 159
      • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Aphorisms 1.1
   4. to arrive at, to have arrived at
      • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.9
      • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 8.60
      • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 6.88
      • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 7.1.11
      • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 3.8
      • 480 BCE – 406 BCE, Euripides, Cyclops 95
      • 405 BCE, Euripides, The Bacchae 5
      • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.118
      • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 7.1.35
      • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 6.6.26
      • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 2.4.21
      • 400 BCE – 387 BCE, Plato, Apology 33D
   5. to have come from
      • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 6.24
      • 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1540
      • 389 BCE – 314 BCE, Aeschines, On the Embassy 101
      • 446 BCE – 386 BCE, Aristophanes, The Acharnians 862
2. (of things) to be by, to be ready or at hand
   1. in store, at command
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 14.80
   • 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days 454
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 4.559
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 2.62
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 23.128
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 1.140
   • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, In the Surgery 3
   • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, On Joints 78
   • 472 BCE, Aeschylus, The Persians 391
   • 442 BCE, Sophocles, Antigone 254
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 8.20
   • 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 26
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 8.20
   • 400 BCE – 387 BCE, Plato, Lysis 217D
   • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 1293
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 683C
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 5.6.4
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.113
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 6.100
   • 366 BCE – 348 BCE, Plato, Theaetetus 186B
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.20
   • 409 BCE, Sophocles, Philoctetes 149
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 693B
   • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 215
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 5.40
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedo 67C
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.95
   • 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Antidosis 94
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 3.40
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.88
   • 55 CE – 135 CE, Epictetus, Enchiridion 2.2
   • 86 CE – 160 CE, Arrian, Anabasis of Alexander 1.13.5
   • 86 CE – 160 CE, Arrian, Anabasis of Alexander 5.22.5
3. (impersonal) it depends on me, is in one's power to do
   • 458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Eumenides 867
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 8.20
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 9.70
   • 472 BCE, Aeschylus, The Persians 401
   • 388 BCE, Aristophanes, Plutus 638
   • 440 BCE – 390 BCE, Andocides, On his Return 2
   1. (participle) it being possible or easy, since it is allowed
      • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.129
      • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 6.72
      • 409 BCE, Sophocles, Philoctetes 1098
      • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Fragments 564.3
      • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.19
4. (masculine participle, at the end of a verse, like an expletive to round off the sentence)
   • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 1156
   • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 1131
   • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 300
   • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Women of Trachis 422
   • 446 BCE – 386 BCE, Aristophanes, Fragments 657

Inflection

   Present: πᾰ́ρειμι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	πᾰ́ρειμι	πᾰρεῖ	πᾰ́ρεστι(ν)/πάρα	πᾰ́ρεστον	πᾰ́ρεστον	πᾰ́ρεσμεν	πᾰ́ρεστε	πᾰ́ρεισι(ν)/πάρα
	subjunctive	πᾰρῶ	πᾰρῇς	πᾰρῇ	πᾰρῆτον	πᾰρῆτον	πᾰρῶμεν	πᾰρῆτε	πᾰρῶσι(ν)
	optative	πᾰρείην	πᾰρείης	πᾰρείη	πᾰρεῖτον	πᾰρείτην	πᾰρεῖμεν	πᾰρεῖτε	πᾰρείησᾰν/πᾰρεῖεν
	imperative		πᾰρίσθι	πᾰρέστω	πᾰρέστον	πᾰρέστων		πᾰρέστε	πᾰρέστων
		active
infinitive		πᾰρεῖναι
participle	m	πᾰρών
	f	πᾰροῦσᾰ
	n	πᾰρόν
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Present: πᾰ́ρειμι Epic

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	πᾰ́ρειμι	πᾰ́ρεσσι/πᾰρεῖς	πᾰ́ρεστι(ν)	πᾰ́ρεστον	πᾰ́ρεστον	πᾰ́ρειμεν	πᾰ́ρεστε	πᾰ́ρεισι(ν)/πᾰρέᾱσι(ν)
	subjunctive	πᾰρέω	πᾰρῇς	πᾰρέῃ/πᾰρέῃσι/πᾰρῇσι				πᾰρῆτε	πᾰρέωσι(ν)/πᾰρῶσι(ν)
	optative	πᾰρείην	πᾰρείης/πᾰρέοις/πᾰρέοι	πᾰρείη	πᾰρείητον/πᾰρεῖτον	πᾰρειήτην/πᾰρείτην	πᾰρείημεν/πᾰρεῖμεν	πᾰρείητε/πᾰρεῖτε	πᾰρείησαν/πᾰρεῖεν
	imperative		πᾰρέσσο	πᾰρέστω	πᾰρέστον	πᾰρέστων		πᾰρέστε	πᾰρέστων
		active
infinitive		πᾰρεῖναι/πᾰρέμμεναι/πᾰρέμεναι/πᾰρέμμεν/πᾰρέμεν
participle	m	πᾰρεών/πᾰρών
	f	πᾰρεοῦσα/πᾰροῦσα
	n	πᾰρεόν/πᾰρόν
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: πᾰρῆ/πᾰρῆν/πᾰρήμην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	πᾰρῆ/πᾰρῆν/πᾰρήμην	πᾰρῆσθα	πᾰρῆν	πᾰρῆστον	πᾰρήστην	πᾰρῆμεν	πᾰρῆτε	πᾰρῆσαν
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: πᾰρῆα/πᾰρέᾱ/πᾰρέον Epic

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	πᾰρῆα/πᾰρέᾱ/πᾰρέον	πᾰρέησθα/πᾰρῆσθα/πᾰρῆας	πᾰρῆεν/πᾰρέην/πᾰρήην/πᾰρῆν	πᾰρήστον	πᾰρήστην	πᾰρῆμεν	πᾰρῆτε	πᾰρῆσᾰν/πᾰ́ρεσᾰν
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: πᾰρόμην (Koine)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	πᾰρόμην	πᾰ́ρου	πᾰ́ρετο	πᾰ́ρεσθον	πᾰρέσθην	πᾰρόμεθᾰ	πᾰ́ρεσθε	πᾰ́ροντο

   Future: πᾰρέσομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	πᾰρέσομαι	πᾰρέσῃ, πᾰρέσει	πᾰρέσεται	πᾰρέσεσθον	πᾰρέσεσθον	πᾰρεσόμεθᾰ	πᾰρέσεσθε	πᾰρέσονται
	optative	πᾰρεσοίμην	πᾰρέσοιο	πᾰρέσοιτο	πᾰρέσοισθον	πᾰρεσοίσθην	πᾰρεσοίμεθᾰ	πᾰρέσοισθε	πᾰρέσοιντο
					middle
infinitive					πᾰρέσεσθαι
participle	m				πᾰρεσόμενος
	f				πᾰρεσομένη
	n				πᾰρεσόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Future: πᾰρέσσομαι (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	πᾰρέσσομαι	πᾰρέσσεαι	πᾰρέσσεται	πᾰρέσσεσθον	πᾰρέσσεσθον	πᾰρεσσόμε(σ)θᾰ	πᾰρέσσεσθε	πᾰρέσσονται
	optative	πᾰρεσσοίμην	πᾰρέσσοιο	πᾰρέσσοιτο	πᾰρέσσοισθον	πᾰρεσσοίσθην	πᾰρεσσοίμε(σ)θᾰ	πᾰρέσσοισθε	πᾰρεσσοίᾰτο
					middle
infinitive					πᾰρέσσεσθαι
participle	m				πᾰρεσσόμενος
	f				πᾰρεσσομένη
	n				πᾰρεσσόμενον
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Derived terms

• παριτητέος (paritētéos)

Further reading

• “πάρειμι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πάρειμι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “πάρειμι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πάρειμι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• πάρειμι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “πάρειμι”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G3918 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible