παραστάς

A. anything that stands beside : pl. παραστάδες, doorposts, παραστάδας καὶ πρόθυρα βούλει ποικίλα Cratin. 42, cf. IG 22.1668.32, Poll. 1.76, Hsch.; also, pilasters or returns which cover the ends of aalls in the front of a house or temple, τὰς λευκολίθους π. CIG 2782.29 (Aphrodisias) : also in sg., Vitr. 10.10.2 : pl., of the wings of a stage, Callix. 2.

2. space enclosed between the παραστάδες, vestibule or entrance of a temple or house, in pl., E. Ph. 415, IT 1159, X. Hier. 11.2, IG 22.1672.131, 186, Poll. 7.122 : also in sg., E. Andr. 1121, IG 12.372.73, SIG 307.12 (Iasos, iv B. C.), Supp.Epigr. 4.447.11, 453.46 (Didyma, ii B. C.) ; of a bath, S.E. P. 1.110, 2.56.