παρειά

A. cheek, used by Hom. always in pl. (sg. being supplied by the Ion. παρήϊον), Il. 3.35,al.; of an eagle, Od. 2.153 : also Trag., in pl., S. Ant. 783 (lyr.) : in sg., A. Pr. 401 (lyr.), S. Ant. 1239, E. Tr. 280 (lyr.) : rare in Prose, as Pl. Plt. 270e, X. Cyr. 6.4.3 (pl.).

II. cheekpiece of a helmet, h.Hom. 31.11 (s. v. l.), IG 22.1421.124, 1455.11,al.

2. = τῆς πρῴρας τὰ ἑκατέρωθεν Poll. 1.89.

3. γῆς παρειά earth-flush, = ἀνεμώνη ἡ φοινικῆ, cj. in Ps.-Dsc. 2.176. (Perh. fr. παρά, οὖς, lit. beside the ear.)