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παραβάλλω 1 2 3 4

I.to throw beside or by, throw to one, as fodder to horses, Hom.: to hold out as a bait, Xen.
2.to cast in one's teeth, Lat. objicere, τί τινι Aeschin.
II.to expose, παρέβαλεν ἐμέ exposed me to them, Ar.:—Mid. to expose oneself or what is one's own to danger, αἰὲν ἐμὴν ψυχὴν παραβαλλόμενος πολεμίζειν risking it in war, Il.; so, παραβάλλεσθαι τὰ τέκνα Hdt.:—Pass., κύβοισι παραβεβλημένος given up to dice, Ar.
2.Mid. also to set what one values upon a chance, to hazard it as at play, πλείω παραβαλλόμενοι having greater interests at stake, Thuc.; so in perf. pass., Λακεδαιμονίοις πλεῖστον δὴ παραβεβλημένοι having risked far the most upon them, id=Thuc.;—also, τὸν κίνδυνον τῶν σωμάτων παραβαλλομένους id=Thuc.
III.to lay beside, to compare one with another, τί τινι Hdt.; τι πρός τι Xen.; τι παρά τι Plat.:—so in Mid., absol., παραβαλλόμεναι vying with one another, Eur.; —and in Pass., ἀπάτα δ᾽ ἀπάταις παραβαλλομένα one piece of treachery set against others, Soph.
2.Mid. to bring alongside, τὴν ἄκατον παραβάλλου bring your boat alongside, Ar.; and absol., παραβαλοῦ id=Ar.
IV.to throw, turn, bend sideways, παραβάλλειν τὸν ὀφθαλμόν or τὼ ὀφθαλμώ to cast the eyes askance, like a timid animal, id=Ar., Plat.; so, π. τὸ ἕτερον οὖς πλάγιον to turn one's ears to listen, Xen.; π. τοὺς γομφίους to lay to one's grinders, Ar.
V.to deposit with one, entrust to him, Lat. committere, τί τινι Hdt.
VI.in Mid. to deceive, betray, id=Hdt., Eur., etc.
B.intr. to come near, approach, Plat., Arist.; π. ἀλλήλοις to meet one another, Plat.
II.to go by sea, to cross over, Lat. trajicere, παρέβαλε νηυσί Hdt.; so of the ships, ναῦς Πελοποννησίων παρέβαλον εἰς Ἰωνίαν Thuc.
III.to turn aside, pass over, Arist.

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