παράνυμφος

A. bridegroom's friend or best man, Poll. 3.40 ; gloss on θυρωρός, Sch. Sapph. Oxy. 2076.9.
II. fem., bridesmaid, one of the dramatis personae in Ar. Ach., cf. Hsch. EM 145.31, Moer.p.269P.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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