παράκειμαι

A. παρεκέσκετο Od. 14.521:—used as Pass. to παρατίθημι, lie beside or before, ἔτι καὶ παρέκειτο τράπεζα Il. 24.476; ὀϊστόν, ὅ οἱ παρέκειτο τραπέζῃ Od. 21.416, cf. Pherecr. 108.17, Telecl. 1.7, etc.; ἡ παρακειμένη τροφή Arist. HA 599a25: generally, to be at hand, available, οἷα τέκτοσιν ἡμῖν ὕλη παράκειται Pl. Ti. 69a; to be adjacent, c. dat., PTeb. 74.56 (ii B. C.): metaph., ὑμῖν παράκειται ἐναντίον ἠὲ μάχεσθαι ἢ φεύγειν the choice is before you, to fight or flee, Od. 22.65; ἔρδειν . . ἀμηχανίη παράκειται Thgn. 685; ἅμα παρακεῖσθαι λύπας τε καὶ ἡδονάς lie side by side, Pl. Phlb. 41d: freq. in part., Ἀΐδᾳ παρακείμενος lying at death's door, S. Ph. 861 (lyr.); παρκείμενον τέρας the present marvel, Pi. O. 13.73; τὸ παρκείμενον the present, Id. N. 3.75; ἱκανὰ τὰ κακὰ καὶ τὰ παρακείμενα Ar. Lys. 1048; τὰ π. ὕδατα PTeb. 61(b).132 (ii B. C.); τὰ π., also, dishes on table, Amphis 30.6; κλίνην . . παρακειμένην τε τὴν τράπεζαν Diod. Com.2.10; ἡ π. πύλη the nearest gate, Plb. 7.16.5; ἐν μνήμῃ παρακείμενα things present in memory, Pl. Phlb. 19d; under discussion, λόγος Phld. Sign. 16; obvious, Id. Rh. 1.3,6 S.; to be closely connected with, παράκεινται τῇ μαθηματικῇ θεωρίᾳ ἥ τε θεολογικὴ ἐπιστήμη καὶ ἡ φυσική lamb.Comm.Math. 28.

b. in legal phrases, to be attached or appended, of documents, BGU 889.15 (ii A. D.); to be noted, scheduled, PTeb. 27.7 (ii B. C.); to be preserved in a register or archive, PSI 5.454.18 (iv A. D.), etc.

2. press on, urge, c. dat., πυκνότερον ἡμῖν ‐κείμενοι LXX 3 Ma. 7.3, cf. Plb. 5.34.7.

3. metaph., lie prostrate, of absolute subjection, π. πρὸ προσώπου σου LXX Ju. 3.3.

4. to be permissible, Hp. Dent. 15.

II. in Gramm., etc.:

1. to be laid down, mentioned in text-books, τὰ σημεῖα οὐ παράκειται Philum. Ven. 29; simply, to be cited, ἐκ τῶν Θεοφράστου Sch.Ar. Pl. 720.

2. ὁ παρακείμενος (sc. χρόνος) the perfect tense, A.D. Synt. 205.15.

3. ἀντίφρασίς ἐστι λέξις . . διὰ τοῦ π. τὸ ἐναντίον παριστῶσα, ex adjecto, as when the Furies are called Eumenides, Trypho Trop. 2.15, cf. Ps.-Plu. Vit.Hom. 25.

4. of words, to be joined by juxtaposition (not composition, cf. παράθεσις 1.2), A.D. Synt. 330.26, al.

5. to be interpolated, Gal. 18(1).58.