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πάρος , poet. Particle :
A. Adv.,
I. of Time, aforetime, formerly, “π. μεμαυῖαIl.4.73, etc.; “κάρη π. χαρίεν22.403 ; “οὐ γὰρ ἐμὴ ἲς ἔσθ᾽ οἵη π. ἔσκεν11.669, cf. Od.2.119, etc.; opp. νῦν, 6.325, etc. ; “π. γεIl.17.270, etc. ; “π. περOd.5.82, etc. : with the Art., τὸ π. γε, τὸ π. περ, Il.19.42, 23.480, etc. ; once in Hdt., καὶ π. 9.2 ; never in Att. Prose (rarely later, PPetr.2p.22 (iii B.C.), POxy.1121.36 (iii A. D.) , but freq. in Trag., θεοὶ οἱ π. A.Pr.406 (lyr.); “τά τε π. τά τ᾽ εἰσέπειταS.Aj.34 ; “ἐν τῷ π. χρόνῳId.El.1445, etc.
3. as Conj. like πρίν, before, c. aor. inf., “πάρος τάδε ἔργα γενέσθαι6.348 ; “πάρος ἢν γαῖαν ἱκέσθαιOd.1.21, cf. 8.376, etc.: rarely with pres., “πάρος δόρποιο μέδεσθαιIl.18.245.
4. with neg., as antec. to πρίν γε, π. δ᾽ οὐκ ἔσσεται ἄλλως, πρίν γε . . not until, 5.218, cf. Od.2.127.
5. before the time, too soon, τί π. λαβρεύεαι ; Il.23.474.
6. rather, sooner, “π. τοι δαίμονα δώσω8.166 ; “π. τινὰ γαῖα καθέξει16.629, cf. E. Or.345 (lyr.).
II. rarely of Place, first, σοὶ βαδιστέον π. S.El. 1502.
B. Prep., poet. for πρό,
2. instead of, “ἀδελφῶν πάρος . . θανεῖνE.Heracl.536 —When πάρος is a Prep. it usually follows its case, but not always, S.OC418, E.Andr.1112, 1208. (Cf. Skt. purás 'before'.)
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