I.on the other side, across, beyond, Lat. trans, c. gen., πέρην ἁλός Il.; τὰ πέρην τοῦ Ἴστρου Hdt.; πόντου πέραν Aesch.
2.absol. on the other side, Hdt., Xen.
3.with Verbs of motion, foll. by εἰς, over or across to, πέρην ἐς τὴν Ἀχαιίην διέπεμψαν Hdt.; πέραν εἰς τὴν Ἀσίαν διαβῆναι Xen.: also without εἰς, διαβαλόντες πέρην having crossed over to the main land, Hdt.