παράβυστος

A. stuffed or forced in, of a self-invited guest, Tim.Com. 1, cf. Ath. 6.257a; ἐκ παραβύστου καθῆσθαι Plu. 2.617f; π. κλίνη a small or supplementary couch, Poll. 3.43, Harp., Hsch., Suid.

II. pushed aside or into a corner: τὸ π. (sc. δικαστήριον), an Athenian law-court lying in an obscure part of the town (where οἱ ἕνδεκα held their sittings, Harp.), Timocl. 26, Paus. 1.28.8, dub. in Lys. Fr. 322 S.

2. metaph., ἐν παραβύστῳ in a hole and corner, D. 24.47, Arist. Top. 157a4, Luc. Nec. 17, Zos.Alch. p.242 B.