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παρα-πέμπω ,
A.send past, ἀλλ᾽ Ἥρη παρέπεμψεν conveyed [the Argo] past or through the Symplegades, Od.12.72 : metaph., σαρκὶ καὶ γάλακτι π. τὸν βίον support life, Agatharch.30, cf. 99, Hyp.Fr.219a ; π. τὴν νύκτα pass the night, Poll.6.109 :—Med., π. τὸν κάματον while it away, Sch.Ar. Nu.1360.
2. send by or along the coast, Th.8.61 (Pass.).
3. escort, of ships of war convoying merchant vessels, D.21.167, cf. 8.25 (Pass.) ; “π. τὰ ἱερὰ στρατεύματα” IGRom.3.1421.7 (Prusias, iii A. D.) : generally, escort, Lyr.Alex.Adesp.1.12, etc. ; “π. τινὰ πρὸς τὴν οἰκίαν” Plu.Per.5 ; “π. τὰ ἱερά” IG22.1078 (iii A. D.) ; esp. escort to the grave, “χορῷ . . τὸ σῶμα” Posidon.14J. (so in Med., “τὸ σῶμα παραπέμψασθαι ἐπὶ τὴν κηδείαν” IG12(7).53.19 (Amorgos)) :—Pass., “ἐτάφη καὶ παρεπέμφθη πανδημεί” D.L.3.41 ; of a bridal procession, to be escorted to the bridechamber, Luc.DMar.5.1.
b. attend a person, of Roman clients, Epict.Ench.25.2 ; escort, attend to or from the forum, D.C.43.22, 58.11 : metaph., of philosophy, “τὸ -πέμψαι δυνάμενον” M.Ant.2.17 ; “τὸν ὑπόλοιπον βίον ὑπὸ δόξης χρηστῆς παραπεμφθῆναι” Hyp.Dem.21.
4. convoy supplies, provisions, etc., to an army, “π. τισὶ παραπομπήν” X. HG7.2.18 ; σῖτον Philipp. ap. D.18.77, cf. 50.58.
5. send troops along the line or along the flanks, in support, “ἐπ᾽ οὐρὰν καὶ τὸ ἀπὸ τοῦ στόματος ἱππικόν” X.HG4.3.4 ; “εὐζώνους εἰς τὰ πλάγια” Id.An.6.3.15, cf. Ages.2.3.
6. bring also or besides, “φέρε, παῖ, . . ὕδωρ, π. τὸ χειρόμακτρον” Ar.Fr.502 :—Pass., to be sent in addition, SIG613.19 (Delph., ii B. C.).
7. swallow, Dionys.Av.2.6.
II. of voice, etc., pass on, send to, of an echo, “π. στόνον τινί” S.Ph. 1459 (anap.) ; θόρυβον π. τινί waft him applause, Ar.Eq.546 ; μουσικῇ π. ἑαυτόν give oneself up to . . , Plu.Sol.29, cf. Phld.Mus.p.108K. ; “χάριτι π. ἀτύφῳ” Plu. Cat.Mi.46 :—Med., φωνὴν π. D.C.74.14.
b. of light, reflect, M.Ant. 8.57.
c. metaph., δόγματα φαντάζεσθαι καὶ π. Id.10.9.
III. dismiss, Philipp. ap. D.18.166, Plb.30.19.17, D.S.26.1, etc. :—Med., dismiss one's pupil, D.L.8.87 ; put away one's wife, Apollod.1.9.28.
2. give up, omit, “τὸ λουτρόν” Sor.1.46, cf. Phld.Rh.1.181 S. ; reject, Sor.1.118, M.Ant.1.8 ; “τὰς δεήσεις” J.AJ6.3.5 :—Med., reject, A.D. Synt. 6.7, al. ; omit, “πλείονα . . ἱστορούμενα” Philum. Ven. 36.3.
IV. transmit an inheritance, Arg.Is.10, Procop.Arc.11 : metaph., π. ἔχθος εἰς τριγονίαν ib.15 ; “μνήμην εἰς τοὺς ἐπιγόνους” Id.Aed.1 Praef.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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