πάραλος

πάραλος, ον, (ἅλς) A. by or near the sea, ἄντρα S. Aj. 413(lyr.) ; χέρσοι E. Ion 1584 ; ἡ δʼ ὠπτημένη σίζουσα πάραλος, of a cuttle-fish, with a pun on ἡ Πάραλος (infr. III), Ar. Ach. 1158. 2. generally, concerned with the sea, naval, ὁ π. στρατός Hdt. 7.161. II. ἡ πάραλος γῆ the coast-land of Attica (cf. παράλιος II.2), Th. 2.55 : hence οἱ Π. the people of the coast-land, Hdt. 1.59 ; αὐτόν τε Πάραλον ἐστολισμένον δορί, i.e. τοὺς Π., E. Supp. 659. III. ἡ Πάραλος ναῦς, Th. 8.74, or ἡ Π. alone, D. 21.173, or Π. alone, Ar. Av. 1204, the Paralos, one of the Athenian sacred galleys, cf. Arist. Ath. 61.7, IG 22.1623.225, and v. Σαλαμινία. 2. οἱ Π. the crew of the Paralos, which contained none but free citizens, Th. 8.73,74, Aeschin. 3.162, Poll. 8.116 (cf. παραλίτης) : generally, seamen, Ar. Ra. 1071, cf.Sch. ad loc. IV. ἡ π., name of a plant which grew near the sea, π. ἀμμότροφος AP 4.1.20 (Mel.).