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πάρεργος

πάρεργος, beside the main subject, subordinate, incidental

πάρεργος, ον, (ἔργον)
  • beside the main subject, subordinate, incidental, ὁ λόγος π. ὤν Pl. Ti. 38d; παρέργῳ τῇ ποιήσει καταχρήσασθαι treat it as a mere accessory, ib. 21c; ὅ τι μὴ π. Id. Phdr. 274a, etc.; πάντα π. ποιησάμενος PHib. 1.44.5 (iii B. C.). Adv. -γως by the way, cursorily, opp. ἀκριβῶς, Pl. Lg. 793e; opp. ἐξεταστικῶς, D. 17.13; π. ἔχειν πρός τι Din. 3.14; οὐ π. ἔμαθον Hegesipp.Com. 1.6, cf. Men. 462.6; φέροντα μὴ π. Id. Sam. 293, cf. Porph. Abst. 2.61, PMag.Par. 1.2640; transiently, Phld. Mus. p.39 K.
    • II as Subst. πάρεργον, τό, subordinate or secondary business, πόνων E. Or. 610; πάρεργʼ ὁδοῦ a secondary purpose of my journey, Id. El. 509; π. τῆς τύχης a trifling set-off to my for tune, Id. Hel. 925; πάρεργα ἐμῶν κακῶν baubles in comparison with my ills, Id. HF 1340; πάρεργα δόμων, = νόθοι, Id. El. 63; π. γίγνεσθαι to be slain among the rest, Paus. 10.27.2; ἐν παρέργῳ as a by-work, as subordinate or secondary, Th. 6.69, etc.; ἐν π. θοῦ με treat in such a way, S. Ph. 473: ὡς ἐν π. τῆς ἐμῆς δυσπραξίας feeling it no great addition to . ., E. IT 514, cf. Pl. Smp. 222c; ἐν παρέργου μέρει Id. R. 370c; ἐκ παρέργου πόλεμον ποιεῖσθαι Th. 7.27; ἐκ π. μελετᾶταί τι Id. 1.142; εἴ τις ἐν π. σκέψεται Pl. Tht. 184a; τἄλλα πάρεργα πρός τι νομίζειν D. 51.17; π. ἐᾶν τι γίγνεσθαι Pl. Lg. 766a, cf. Euthd. 273d; πρὸς τὸ κέρδος . . πάντα τἄλλα . . π. γίγνεται Alex. 98.2; ὅπως μὴ τὰ π. τῶν ἔργων πλείω γίνηται Arist. EN 1098a32.

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