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παραπέτομαι

παραπέτομαι, to fly alongside

παραπέτομαι, poet. παρπέταμαι Call. Epigr. 31.6 Pf.: aor. 2 παρεπτόμην or -επτάμην (v. infr.); also παρέπτην, 3 pl. παρέπτησαν Id. Iamb.Fr. 9.327 P.:—
  • fly alongside, κορώνη . . ἤδη πετομένων [τῶν νεοττῶν] σιτίζει παραπετομένη Arist. HA 563b12; τὰς π. μυίας Id. Pol. 1323a29.
      • 2 fly past, of specks before the eyes, Gal. 1.363.
      • 3 escape, AP 6.19 (Jul.).
      • 4 fly to, ἡμῖν ἑρπετὸν παρέπτατο Semon. 13, cf. Philostr. VA 1.7; fly to oneʼs succour, οὐ γὰρ ἂν παρέπτετο Ar. Th. 1014: metaph., παραπτῆναι, of a λόγος, Philostr. Her. 19.14.

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