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παρελαύνω

παρελαύνω, to drive by

παρελαύνω or παρ-ελάω, aor. παρήλᾰσα Il. 23.638, Ep. παρέλασσα ib. 382:—
  • drive by or past, ἐναντίω δύʼ ἅρματε π. drive them past one another, Ar. Av. 1129; π. τὸν ἵππον X. Cyr. 5.3.55; τὰς αἶγας παρελᾶντα (Dor. pres. part.) Theoc. 5.89, cf. 8.73, Longus 3.15.
    • II as if intr.,
      • 1 drive by (sc. δίφρον, ἅρμα, ἵππους, etc.), Il. 23.382, 427.
        • b c. acc. pers., drive past, overtake another, οἴοισίν μʼ ἵπποισι παρήλασαν ib. 638; but π. Τρηχῖνα drive on to Trachis, Hes. Sc. 353; also π. ἐφʼ ἅρματος, ἐφʼ ἵππου, X. An. 1.2.16, 3.4.46.
      • 2 row or sail past, παρήλασε νηΐ Od. 12.186.
        • b c. acc. pers., [Σειρῆνας] παρήλασαν ib. 197.
      • 3 in Prose, ride by, run by, c. acc., freq. in X., An. 1.2.17, al.; π. τὰς τάξεις ib. 3.5.4.
      • 4 less freq., ride up to, rush towards, πρὸς αὑτόν, ἐπὶ τοὺς πολεμίους, Cyr. 4.2.12, Eq.Mag. 8.18; ride on oneʼs way, Cyr. 3.3.4.

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