παράβυστος

Verbal adjective from πᾰρᾰβῡ́ω (parabū́ō, “stuff in, insert”).

πᾰρᾰ́βυστος • (parábustos) m or f (neuter πᾰρᾰ́βυστον); second declension

1. stuffed, forced in

   of a self-invited guest ἐκ παραβύστου καθῆσθαι

2. small or supplementary couch

   παράβυστος κλίνη

3. pushed aside or into a corner
   1. (law) παράβυστον δικαστήριον Athenian court lying in an obscure place where the ἕνδεκα (héndeka, “'Eleven'”) held meetings or held the accused. They were responsible for policing the city.

• ἐν παραβύστῳ (en parabústōi, “in a hole-and-corner”)

• Greek: παραβύστω (paravýsto)

• “παράβυστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “παράβυστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers

From Ancient Greek παράβυστος.

• IPA^(key): /paˈra.vi.stos/
• Hyphenation: πα‧ρά‧βυ‧στος

παράβυστος • (parávystos) m (archaic, obsolete)

1. secret

• Found only in the ancient dative case: παραβύστῳ (parabústōi) in the phrase:

  εν κρυπτώ και παραβύστω (en kryptó kai paravýsto, “hole-and-corner”), ἐν κρυπτῷ καὶ παραβύστῳ

• Georgios Babiniotis (2002), “παράβυστος”, in Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of the New Greek Language] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias, →ISBN.
• Babiniotis, Georgios (2010), “παράβυστος”, in Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre