A. as Prep.,
1. c. gen. loci, outside, before, “νῆσος . . π. λιμένος τετάνυσται” Od.9.116; παρὲξ ὁδοῦ out of the road, Il.10.349.
2. besides, except, SIGl.c., etc.; “οὐδὲν ἔστιν ἄλλο π. τοῦ ἐόντος” Parm.8.37; “πάρεξ τοῦ ἀργύρου χρυσὸν . . ἀνέθηκε” Hdt.1.14, cf. 93, 192; “πάρεξ ὀστέου καὶ νεύρου” Hp.Alim.51; ἑτέραν [ἐπιστήμην] πάρεξ τῶν εἰρημένων εὑρεῖν Pl.l.c., cf. Epicur.Nat. 14G.; “μηδὲν ἰδιοπραγεῖν πάρεξ τῶν προσταττομένων” Plb.8.26.9.
II. c. acc., along the side of, along, “παρὲξ ἅλα φῦκος ἔχευεν” Il.9.7; “παρὲκ μίτον” 23.762; παρὲξ τὴν νῆσον past, clear of the island, Od.12.276; παρὲξ περιμήκεα δοῦρα alongside of . . , ib.443; παρὲξ . . νῆα past it, 15.199; “παρὲκ μέγα τειχίον” 16.165,343 ; “σῆμα παρὲξ Ἴλοιο” Il.24.349; παρὲκ νόον aside from sense and reason, 10.391 (v.“παρεξάγω” 11); foolishly, 20.133; παρὲξ ὀλίγον θανάτοιο within a little of death, A.R.2.1113.
5. except, Supp. Epigr.2.710.3 (Pednelissus, i B. C.).
B. as Adv.,
1. of Place, out beside, out and away, “λαβὼνπεριμήκεα κοντὸν ὦσα παρέξ” Od.9.488 ; νῆχε παρέξ out along shore, 5.439; στῆ δὲ παρέξ hard by, Il.11.486 ; τῆλε παρέξ far away, A.R.2.272.
4. excepting, Μῆδοι . . ἄρξαντες τῆς Ἀσίης ἐπ᾽ ἔτεα τριήκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν δυῶν δέοντα πάρεξ ἢ ὅσον οἱ Σκύθαι ἦρχον except so long as . . (i.e. including that period), Hdt.1.130 (but Δωριεῖ π. ἢ Ὀλυμπίασιν Ἰσθμίων μὲν γεγόνασιν ὀκτὼ νῖκαι besides, exclusive of . . , prob. in Paus.6.7.4): abs., besides, “ταῦτα π. δὲ μηδέν” Plb.3.23.3. (Acc. to Hdn.Gr.2.63,931, παρέξ is correct in Hom., πάρεξ in Hdt., as in codd., cf. EM652.39, Eust.732.40.)