παρεν-θήκη,ἡ,
A. something put in beside, addition,τοιήνδε . . παρενθήκην ἐποιήσατο, of works undertakenin completion of others, Hdt. 1.186 ;παρενθήκην ἔχρησε ἐς Μιλησίουςdelivered an oracleby way of parenthesis, Id. 6.19 ;τοῦ λόγου π. ποιεέσκετο τήνδε, ὡς. . Id. 7.5 , cf. 171 ;ἑτέρας τοῦ πολέμου π. ἐποιεῖτοundertook otherbusiness in the intervals ofthe war, Plu. Pomp. 41 ;π. ὄψου,
= παροψώνημα , Poll. 6.56 ; of a remedyinterposedin a difficult situation, Lib. Or. 59.95 .
II. smaller wares taken as an addition to the cargo, opp.ἡ ἐμπορία, Plu. 2.151e , cf. Poll. 1.99 , Hsch.