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πάρεργος

parergos

beside the main subject, subordinate, incidental

Appears 27 times across Plato's dialogues.

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πάρεργος, ον, (ἔργον) A. beside the main subject, subordinate, incidental, ὁ λόγος π. ὤν Pl. Ti. 38d ; παρέργῳ τῇ ποιήσει καταχρήσασθαι treat it as a mere accessory, ib.21c ; ὅ τι μὴ π. Id. Phdr. 274a, etc. ; πάντα π. ποιησάμενος PHib. 1.44.5 (iii B. C.). Adv. -γως by the way, cursorily, opp. ἀκριβῶς, Pl. Lg. 793e ; opp. ἐξεταστικῶς, D. 17.13 ; π. ἔχειν πρός τι Din. 3.14 ; οὐ π. ἔμαθον Hegesipp.Com. 1.6, cf. Men. 462.6 ; φέροντα μὴ π. Id. Sam. 293, cf. Porph. Abst. 2.61, PMag.Par. 1.2640 ; transiently, Phld. Mus.P.39 K. II. as Subst. πάρεργον, τό, subordinate or secondary business, πόνων E. Or. 610 ; ππάρεργʼ ὁδοῦ a secondary purpose of my journey, Id. El. 509 ; π. τῆς τύχης a trifling set-off to my for tune, Id. Hel. 925 ; πάρεργα ἐμῶν κακῶν baubles in comparison with my ills, Id. HF 1340 ; πάρεργα δόμων, = νόθοι, Id. El. 63 ; π. γίγνεσθαι to be slain among the rest, Paus. 10.27.2 ; ἐν παρέργῳ as a by-work, as subordinate or secondary, Th. 6.69, etc. ; ἐν π. θοῦ με treat in such a way, S. Ph. 473 : ὡς ἐν π. τῆς ἐμῆς δυσπραξίας feeling it no great addition to . . , E. IT 514, cf. Pl. Smp. 222c ; ἐν παρέργου μέρει Id. R. 37oc ; ἐκ παρέργου πόλεμον ποιεῖσθαι Th. 7.27 ; ἐκ π. μελετᾶταί τι Id. 1.142 ; εἴ τις ἐν π. σκέψεται Pl. Tht. 184a ; τἄλλα πάρεργα πρός τι νομίζειν D. 51.17; π. ἐᾶν τι γίγνεσθαι Pl. Lg. 766a, cf. Euthd. 273d ; πρὸς τὸ κέρδος . . πάντα τἄλλα . . π. γίγνεται Alex. 98.2 ; ὅπως μὴ τὰ π. τῶν ἔργων πλείω γίνηται Arist. EN 1098a32.
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