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πάρειμι εἰμί sum 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

I.to be by or present, Hom.
2.to be by or near one, c. dat., Od., Soph., etc.: to be present in or at a thing, Hom., attic
3.to be present so as to help, stand by, Lat. adesse, τινι Il.
4.παρεῖναι εἰς . . , to arrive at, to have come to, a place, Hdt.; π. ἐπὶ δεῖπνον id=Hdt., attic
II.of things, to be by, to be ready or at hand, Lat. praesto esse, Od., etc.; εἴ μοι δύναμίς γε παρείη if power were at my command, id=Od.:—so of feelings, φόβος βαρβάροις παρῆν Aesch.; θαῦμα παρῆν Soph.
2.of Time, παρὼν νῦν χρόνος id=Soph.; τὰ παρόντα (ionic παρεόντα) the present state of affairs, present circumstances, Hdt.; ἐκ τῶν παρόντων according to present circumstances, Thuc.; ἐν τῷ παρόντι, opp. to ἐν τῷ ἔπειτα, id=Thuc.; πρὸς τὸ π. αὐτίκα id=Thuc.
III.impers., πάρεστί μοι it is in my power to do, c. inf., Hdt., Aesch., etc.; and without dat., παρῆν κλύειν one might hear, Aesch.
2.part. παρόν, ionic παρεόν, it being possible since it is allowed, Lat. quum liceret, παρεὸν αὐτῷ βασιλέα γενέσθαι Hdt.

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