πάρεδρος

A. sitting beside, as at table, τὰς γυναῖκας ἐσάγεσθαι π. Hdt. 5.18 : generally, sitting beside, near, τινι E. Or. 83, Hec. 616 ; Διὸς αἰετῶν π. ἱερέα Pi. P. 4.4.

II. Subst., assessor, coadjutor, folld. by dat. or gen., Διὸς π., of Themis, Id. O. 8.22, cf. Ar. Av. 1753, Phylarch. 24J. ; ἕτοιμος αὐτῷ (sc. Διί)π., of Rhadamanthys, Pi. O. 2.76 ; ἵμερος . . τῶν μεγάλων π. ἐν ἀρχαῖς θεσμῶν S. Ant. 798 (lyr.) ; τᾷ Σοφίᾳ παρέδρους Ἔρωτας E. Med. 843 ; Ἑρμᾶς Ἀφροδίτᾳ π. Epigr.Gr. 783 (Cnidus), cf. 817, IG 2.1298 ; καί με καλεῦσι πάρεδρον Hymn.Is. 139 : freq. in Prose, of the counsellors of Xerxes, Hdt. 7.147, cf. 8.138 ; of the Ephors at Sparta, Id. 6.65 ; at Athens, of the assessors of the Archons, Decr. ap. And. 1.78, Archipp. 27, Arist. Ath. 56.1, IG 22.1230, D. 59.72, etc. ; of the assessors of other magistrates, as the Ἑλληνοταμίαι, IG 12.302.3 ; the στρατηγοί, ib.40 ; the εὔθυνος, ib.127.19, 22.1629.239 ; lieutenant of a military commander, Hell.Oxy. 10.1 ; τοξόται πάρεδροι in a naval battle, dub. in IG 12.950.137.

2. metaph., Ἐρεχθέα τοῖς ἐν τῇ ἀκροπόλει θεοῖς π. ἀποδείξασα Aristid. 1.119 J. ; π. ἡδονή secondary pleasure, Aristaenet. 2.16.

III. in Magic, assistant divinity, familiar spirit, PMag. Berol. 1.54, PMag.Lond. 121.884, Tab. Defix. Aud. 155 A 20, PMag.Par. 1.1850 : hence,

2. of things, giving magical aid, τρίστιχος Ὁμήρου π. ib.2145.