παρειά

pareia

cheek

Appears 9 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 6
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Book 2 1
Chapter ?

2153
Book 8 2
Chapter ?

8522
8530
Book 18 2
Chapter ?

18172
18200
Book 20 1
Chapter ?

20353
Iliad 3
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Book 3 1
Chapter ?

335
Book 11 1
Chapter ?

11393
Book 22 1
Chapter ?

22491

Dictionary (LSJ)

παρειά, ἡ, Hom.(v. infr.), IG 22.1421.124, 1455.11, etc. ; but παρεά ib.1425.246 ; Aeol. παραύα (q.v.) ; Dor. *παρᾱά (implied in εὐπάραος) ; Old Ion. *παρηή (implied in καλλιπάρηος, μιλτοπάρηος, and the adjectival παρή-ιον) :—A. cheek, used by Hom. always in pl. (sg. being supplied by the Ion. παρήϊον), Il. 3.35,al.; of an eagle, Od. 2.153 : also Trag., in pl., S. Ant. 783 (lyr.) : in sg., A. Pr. 401 (lyr.), S. Ant. 1239, E. Tr. 280 (lyr.) : rare in Prose, as Pl. Plt. 270e, X. Cyr. 6.4.3 (pl.). II. cheekpiece of a helmet, h.Hom. 31.11 (s. v. l.), IG 22.1421.124, 1455.11,al. 2. = τῆς πρῴρας τὰ ἑκατέρωθεν Poll. 1.89. 3. γῆς παρειά earth-flush, = ἀνεμώνη ἡ φοινικῆ, cj. in Ps.-Dsc. 2.176. (Perh. fr. παρά, οὖς, lit. beside the ear.)

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