παρά
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
παρειαί
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
pareia
English translation (word)
cheek
Transliteration (Etymon)
para
English translation (etymon)
along
Century
11 AD
Source
idem
Ref.
Etymologica nominum 180
Ed.
R. Reitzenstein, M. Terentius Varro und Johannes Mauropus von Euchaita: eine Studie zur Geschichte der Sprachwissenschaft, Leipzig: Teubner, 1901
Quotation
Πρόσω πρόσωπον, αἱ δὲ παρειαὶ πάρα
Translation (En)
The front is in front, and the cheeks are along (the face)
Parallels
There is no parallel
Modern etymology
Compound of παρά + οὖς "ear", under the archaic form *αὖς (cf. Lat. auris). The cheek is "along the ear" (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
MG still has παρειά as a learned word, or a technical word referring to the "cheeks" of a vase. The usual word is μάγουλο
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Derivational descriptive etymology, which happens to be partly correct, since παρειά is a compound of παρά.