παρείκω

pareiko

give way

Appears 8 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 2
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Book V 1
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734b2
Book XI 1
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934c5
Letters 1
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323c2
Republic 1
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Book II 1
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374e11
Sophist 1
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254d1
Symposium 1
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187e8
Theaetetus 1
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150d4
Theages 1
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131a3

Dictionary (LSJ)

παρείκω, aor. 2 παρείκᾰθον (v. infr.), A. give way, σε . . αἰτῶ πιθέσθαι καὶ παρεικαθεῖν S. OC 1334, cf. Ant. 1102; permit, allow, ὅσον γʼἂν ἡ δύναμις παρείκῃ Pl. R. 374e ; ὅπως ἂν παρείκωσι θεοὶ νομοθετεῖν Id. Lg. 934c ; οἷσπερ ἂν ὁ θεὸς παρείκῃ Id. Tht. 150d ; κατὰ τὸ αἰεὶ παρεῖκον by such ways as permitted a passage, as were practicable, Th. 4.36 ; χωρίοις ἀποτόμοις καὶ χαλεποῖς, οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ . . παρείκουσιν Plu. Cam. 27. 2. relax, let fall, τὴν χεῖρα Clearch. 25. II. impers., παρείκει μοι it is competent, allowable for me, εἴ μοι παρείκοι S. Ph. 1048; ὅπῃ παρείκοι wherever it was practicable, Th. 3.1 ; καθʼ ὅσον παρείκει Pl. Smp. 187e : c. inf., τόν γε βουλόμενον . . οὐκέτι παρείκει . . ἀκολάστως ζῆν Id. Lg. 734b ; ἐὰν ἄρα ἡμῖν πῃ παρεικάθῃ (Böckh for -ασθῇ . . ἀπαλλάττειν Id. Sph. 254c.

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