πᾰρειά,ἡ, Hom. (v. infr.), IG 22.1421.124 , 1455.11 , etc. ; butπαρεάib. 1425.246 ; Aeol.
παραύα(q.v.) ; Dor. *παρᾱά(implied inεὐπάραος) ; Old Ion. *παρηή(implied inκαλλιπάρηος, μιλτοπάρηος, and the adjectivalπαρή-ιον) :—
A. cheek, used by Hom. always in pl. (sg. being supplied by the Ion.
παρήϊον), Il. 3.35 ,al.; of an eagle, Od. 2.153 : also Trag., in pl., S. Ant. 783 (lyr.) : in sg., A. Pr. 401 (lyr.), S. Ant. 1239 , E. Tr. 280 (lyr.) : rare in Prose, as Pl. Plt. 270e , X. Cyr. 6.4.3 (pl.).
II. cheekpieceof a helmet, h.Hom. 31.11 (s. v. l.), IG 22.1421.124 , 1455.11 ,al.
2.
= τῆς πρῴρας τὰ ἑκατέρωθεν
Poll. 1.89 .
3. γῆς παρειά earth-flush, = ἀνεμώνη ἡ φοινικῆ , cj. in Ps.- Dsc. 2.176 . (Perh. fr.παρά, οὖς, lit.beside the ear.)