παρήορος

παρήορος, so in Ep. and Ion., but Dor. and Att. παράορος [ρᾱ], ον (as always in Trag.), also Dor. πάρᾱρος Theoc. 15.8: (παραείρω, cf. συνήορος): -

• joined or hung beside: hence παρήορος (sc. ἵππος), horse which draws by the side of the regular pair (ξυνωρίς), outrunner, = σειραφόρος, Il. 16.471, 474, D.H. 7.73.
• • II lying along, outstretched, sprawling, ἔκειτο π. ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα 11.7.156; ἀχρεῖον καὶ π. δέμας κεῖται A. Pr. 365.
  • III metaph., reckless, senseless, οὔ τι π. οὐδʼ ἀεσίφρων Il. 23.603, cf. Theoc. l.c.; π. ὄμμα τιταίνειν Tryph. 371; νόου παρήορος distraught, Archil. 56.5.

παρήορος

[παρ-, παρα- 2 + ἠορ-, ἀείρω. Hung on at the side, dangling loosely. Cf. συνήορος, τετράοροι.]

• • 1

    Sprawling Il. 7.156.

    Loose or uncontrolled in mind, flighty Il. 23.603.

  • 2

    As sb., an extra trace-horse attached to a chariot Il. 16.471, 474.

παρήορος (ἀείρω): hanging or floating beside; stretched out, sprawling, Il. 7.156; met., flighty, foolish, Il. 23.603; esp. παρήορος (ἵππος), a third or extra horse, harnessed by the side of the pair drawing the chariot, but not attached to the yoke, and serving to take the place of either of the others in case of need, Il. 16.471, 474. (Plate I. represents the παρήορος in the background as he is led to his place. See also the adj. cut, the first horse.)

παρήορος παρ-ήορος, Doric -άορος, ον, παραείρω

• • Ihanging or hung beside: παρήορος (sc. ἵππος) a horse which draws by the side of the regular pair (ξυνωρίς) , an outrigger, elsewhere παράσειρος, σειραφόρος, Il.
  • IIlying along, outstretched, sprawling, Il., Aesch.
  • IIImetaph. (from the fact that the ἵππος π. was given to prancing), reckless, distraught, senseless, Il.