παραβαίνω

parabaino

go by the side of

Appears 8 times across Aristotle's works.

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Politics 2
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Book IV 1
Chapter 1 1288b10–1289a25

1289a20
Book VII 1
Chapter 3 1325a16–1325b32

1325b5
Topics 2
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Book II 2
Chapter 1 108b34–109a33

109a28
109a32
De Virtutibus et Vitiis 2
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Chapter 7 1251a19–1251b25

1251a37
1251b1
On the Heavens 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 5 271b1–273a6

271b8
Oeconomica 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 2 1346a32–1353b27

1351b17

Dictionary (LSJ)

παραβαίνω, Ep. impf. παρέβασκε (v. infr.): acc. pl. pres. part. παρβεῶντας Abh.Berl.Akad. 1925(5).21 (Cyrene) is prob. from a byform *παραβάω: fut. -βήσομαι: pf. -βέβηκα; part. -βεβώς, Ep. -βεβᾰώς: pf. Pass. -βέβασμαι (v. infr. II.1): aor. 2 παρέβην: aor. Pass. παρεβάθην Th. 4.23:—A. go by the side of, and in pf., stand beside, twice in Hom., c. dat., of one standing beside the warrior in the chariot (cf. παραβάτης) , Ἕκτορι παρβεβαώς Il. 11.522; of two warriors, παρβεβαῶτε . . ἀλλήλοιιν 13.708; also impf. παρέβασκε, of the combatant in the chariot, 11.104; but παρεβεβήκεέ οἱ ἡνίοχος Hdt. 7.40. II. pass beside or beyond, mostly metaph. (lit. π. τὸν ὅρον PHal. 1.87 (iii B. C.)), in trans. sense: 1. overstep, transgress, τὰ νόμιμα Hdt. 1.65; δίκην A. Ag. 789 (anap.); δίκην τὴν δεδικασμένην Antipho 5.87; εἴ τι τούτων παραβαίνοιμι IG 12.15.42, cf. 76.57; θεοῦ νόμον E. Ion 230 (lyr.); οὐ τοὺς νόμους μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸν καιρὸν τῆς ἀναρρήσεως καὶ τὸν τόπον Aeschin. 3.204; θεσμούς, ὅρκους, Ar. Av. 331, 332 (both lyr.), cf. Th. 1.78, Lys. 9.15; τὰς σπονδάς Ar. Av. 461: c. acc. pers., π. τινὰ δαιμόνων sin against a god, Hdt. 6.12, cf. D.H. 1.23; οὓς παραβαίνειν αἰσχρόν disappoint, Chor.p.80 B. (cf. v): abs., παραβάντες transgressors, A. Ag. 59 (anap.); ὁ παραβαίνων Arist. Pol. 1325b5:—Pass., to be transgressed or offended against, σπονδὰς . . , ἅς γε ὁ θεὸς . . νομίζει παραβεβάσθαι Th. 1.123; νόμῳ παραβαθέντι Id. 3.67; ἐὰν καὶ ὁτιοῦν παραβαθῇ Id. 4.23; παραβεβασμένοις ὅρκοις D. 17.12; παραβαινομένων abs., as offences were committed, Th. 3.45. b. with Prep., π. παρὰ τὴν συγγραφήν AJA 16.13 (Sardes, iv/iii B. C.). c. c. gen., go aside from, τῆς ἀληθείας Arist. Cael. 271b8. 2. pass over, omit, S. Tr. 499 (lyr.), D. 18.211, Aristeas 297. 3. let pass, καιρούς Din. 1.36. 4. οὔ με παρέβα φάσμα it escaped me not, E. Hec. 704 (lyr.). III. pass on, π. εἰς ἀπέχθειαν Plb. 38.12.3 (sed leg. προβῆναι). IV. come forward, esp. of the Com. parabasis (v. παραβασις) ,π. πρὸς τὸ θέατρον step forward to address the spectators, Ar. Ach. 629, Eq. 508, Pax 735; also οὐκ ἂν παρέβην εἰς λέξιν τοιάνδʼ ἐπῶν Pl.Com. 92.2: similarly, metaph., δοκεῖν παραβεβηκέναι τῇ πρώτῃ σκηνῇ Procl. in Prm.p.523 S. V. in Med., c. acc. pers., commit an offence against, Chor.p.68 B.

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