παραλήγω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

πᾰρᾰ- (pără-, beside, near) +‎ λήγω (lḗgō, cease, terminate)

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Verb

πᾰρᾰλήγω • (părălḗgō)

  1. to be next to the end, to be penultimate
    • 50 CE – 250 CE, Apollonius Dyscolus, On Syntax 252
    • 50 CE – 250 CE, Apollonius Dyscolus, On Syntax 255.5
    • Hdn.Gr. 2.926–927
    • AD 2nd century, Hephaestion, Ἐγχειρίδιον περὶ μέτρων 5.1.16.2–7:
      Ὅτε μὲν οὖν ἀκατάληκτόν ἐστιν, ἐπὶ τῆς τελευταίας τὸν ἴαμβον δέχεται μόνον ἢ πυρρίχιον διὰ τὴν ἀδιάφορον, ὅταν δὲ καταληκτικόν, τὸν ἴαμβον παραλήγοντα — ἢ σπανίως τρίβραχυν —, ὥστε γίνεσθαι τὴν κατάκλειδα ἤτοι ἀμφίβραχυν ἢ βακχεῖον.
      Hóte mèn oûn akatálēktón estin, epì tês teleutaías tòn íambon dékhetai mónon ḕ purrhíkhion dià tḕn adiáphoron, hótan dè katalēktikón, tòn íambon paralḗgonta — ḕ spaníōs tríbrakhun —, hṓste gínesthai tḕn katákleida ḗtoi amphíbrakhun ḕ bakkheîon.
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    • 50 CE – 250 CE, Apollonius Dyscolus, On Adverbs 175.20
    • 161 CE – 180 CE, Hermogenes, On Types of Style 1.6

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