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pār, păris (collat. form of the nom. fem. paris, Atta ap. Prisc. p. 764 P.— Abl. pari and pare, acc. to Charis. p. 14 P.; Prisc. p. 763 ib.; the latter poet. — Gen. plur. usu. parĭum; parum, acc. to Plin. ap. Charis. p. 110 P.), adj. [cf. Sanscr. para, another, and prae], equal (cf.: aequus, similis).

I.

Lit.:

par est, quod in omnes aequabile est,

Cic. Inv. 2, 22, 67:

par et aequalis ratio,

id. Or. 36, 123:

aequo et pari jure cum civibus vivere,

id. Off. 1, 34, 124:

vita beata... par et similis deorum,

id. N. D. 2, 61, 153:

est finitimus oratori poëta ac paene par,

id. de Or. 1, 16, 70:

pari atque eādem in laude aliquem ponere,

id. Mur. 9, 21:

intelleges de hoc judicium meum et horum par et unum fuisse,

id. Sull. 2, 5:

pares in amore atque aequales,

id. Lael. 9, 32:

libertate esse parem ceteris,

id. Phil. 1, 14, 34: verbum Latinum (voluptas) par Graeco (hêdonê) et idem valens, id. Fin. 2, 4, 12:

pares ejusdem generis munitiones,

of equal size, Caes. B. G. 7, 74:

similia omnia magis visa hominibus, quam paria,

Liv. 45, 43:

pares similesque (affectus),

Sen. Ira, 1, 19 et saep.:

quod in re pari valet, valeat in hac, quae par est... valeat aequitas, quae paribus in causis paria jura desiderat,

Cic. Top. 4, 23:

si ingenia omnia paria esse non possunt: jura certe paria debent esse eorum inter se, qui sunt cives in eādem re publicā,

id. Rep. 1, 32, 49:

necesse est eam esse naturam, ut omnia omnibus paribus paria respondeant,

id. N. D. 1, 19, 50; id. Fam. 5, 2, 3:

equites Ariovisti pari intervallo constiterunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 43:

hi (equites), dum pari certamine res geri potuit, etc.,

i. e. horsemen against horsemen, id. B. C. 1, 51.— Poet., with a respective gen. or inf.:

aetatis mentisque pares,

Sil. 4, 370:

et cantare pares et respondere parati,

Verg. E. 7, 5.—

(β).

The thing with which the comparison is made is most freq. added in the dat.:

quem ego parem summis Peripateticis judico,

Cic. Div. 1, 3, 5:

in his omnibus par iis, quos antea commemoravi,

id. Clu. 38, 107:

omni illi et virtute et laude par,

id. Planc. 11, 27:

isti par in belligerando,

id. Font. 12, 26:

par anseribus,

as large as, Juv. 5, 114:

prodigio par,

i. e. extremely rare, id. 4, 97.—In sup.:

QVOIVS FORMA VIRTVTEI PARISVMA FVIT, Epit. of the Scipios,

Inscr. Orell. 550:

parissumi estis hibus,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 20.—Adverb. (colloq. and very rare):

feceris par tuis ceteris factis,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 3.—

(γ).

With gen. (with this case par is treated as a substantive; rare but class.), an equal, counterpart, etc.:

ei erat hospes, par illius, Siculus, etc.,

his counterpart, Plaut. Rud. prol. 49: cujus paucos pares [p. 1300] haec civitas tulit, Cic. Pis. 4, 8:

quem metuis par hujus erat,

Luc. 10, 382:

ubique eum parem sui invenies,

Front. Ep. ad Amic. 1, 6:

vestrae fortitudinis,

Phaedr. 4, 15, 6.—

(δ).

With abl. (rare):

scalas pares moenium altitudine, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Arus. Mess. p. 253 Lindem.: in quā par facies nobilitate suā,

Ov. F. 6, 804.—

(ε).

With cum (class.):

non praecipuam, sed parem cum ceteris fortunae condicionem subire,

Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 7:

ut enim cetera paria Tuberoni cum Varo fuissent, etc.,

id. Lig. 9, 27:

quem tu parem cum liberis tuis regnique participem fecisti,

Sall. J. 14, 9 (cited ap. Arus. Mess. p. 253 Lindem.; but in Cic. Phil. 1, 14, 34, read parem ceteris). —

(ζ).

With inter se (class.):

sunt omnes pares inter se,

Cic. Par. 1, 2, 11; id. de Or. 1, 55, 236.—

(η).

With et, atque ( ac ) (class.):

cum par habetur honos summis et infimis,

Cic. Rep. 1, 34, 53:

omnia fuisse in Themistocle paria et Coriolano,

id. Brut. 11, 43:

tametsi haudquaquam par gloria sequatur scriptorem et auctorem rerum,

Sall. C. 3, 2:

quos postea in parem juris libertatisque condicionem atque ipsi erant, receperunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 28; so with atque, id. ib. 5, 13, 2:

si parem sapientiam hic habet ac formam,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 36:

neque mihi par ratio cum Lucilio est ac tecum fuit,

Cic. N. D. 3, 1, 3:

in quo offensae minimum, gratia par, ac si prope adessemus,

Sall. J. 102, 7.—

(θ).

The object of comparison is sometimes not expressed:

cui repugno, quoad possum, sed adhuc pares non sumus,

i.e. not equal to the task, able, Cic. Att. 12, 15:

pari proelio,

indecisive, Nep. Them. 3, 3:

pares validaeque miscentur,

Tac. G. 20:

cum paria esse coeperunt,

Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 6:

si periculum par et ardor certaminis eos irritaret,

Liv. 24, 39, 6.—

B.

In partic.

1.

Equal to, a match for any one in any respect:

quibus ne di quidem immortales pares esse possint,

Caes. B. G. 4, 7 fin.: qui pares esse nostro exercitu (dat.) non potuerint, id. ib. 1, 40, 7; cf.:

ille, quod neque se parem armis existimabat, et, etc.,

Sall. J. 20, 5:

non sumus pares,

not on an equality, Juv. 3, 104:

exime hunc mihi scrupulum, cui par esse non possum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 17, 2:

habebo, Q. Fabi, parem, quem das, Hannibalem,

an opponent, adversary, Liv. 28, 44:

inter pares aemulatio,

Tac. A. 2, 47:

ope Palladis Tydiden Superis parem,

Hor. C. 1, 6, 15.—

2.

Equal in station or age, of the same rank, of the same age (syn. aequalis):

ut coëat par Jungaturque pari,

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 25:

si qua voles apte nubere, nube pari,

Ov. H. 9, 32; Petr. 25, 5.—Prov.:

pares vetere proverbio cum paribus facillime congregantur,

i. e. birds of a feather flock together, Cic. Sen. 3, 7.—

3.

Par est, it is fit, meet, suitable, proper, right.

(α).

With a subject-clause (class.;

syn.: oportet, aequum, justum est): amorin me an rei opsequi potius par sit,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 6:

posterius istaec te magis par agere'st,

id. Pers. 5, 2, 21:

canem esse hanc par fuit,

id. Curc. 1, 2, 17:

par est primum ipsum esse virum bonum, tum, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 22, 82:

sic par est agere cum civibus,

id. Off. 2, 23, 83:

dubitans, quid me facere par sit,

id. Att. 9, 9, 2:

quicquid erit, quod me scire par sit,

id. ib. 15, 17, 2:

quibus (ornamentis) fretum ad consulatūs petitionem aggredi par est,

id. Mur. 7, 15; id. Rab. Perd. 11, 31; cf.:

ex quo intellegi par est, eos qui, etc.,

id. Leg. 2, 5, 11. —

(β).

Ut par est (erat, etc.;

class.): ita, ut constantibus hominibus par erat,

Cic. Div. 2, 55, 114:

ut par fuit,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 4, § 10. —

* (γ).

With ut:

non par videtur neque sit consentaneum... ut, etc.,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 31.—

4.

Par pari respondere, or par pro pari referre, to return like for like, of a'repartee:

par pari respondet,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 47; id. Merc. 3, 4, 44; id. Pers. 2, 2, 11; cf.:

paria paribus respondimus,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 23:

ut sit unde par pari respondeatur,

id. ib. 16, 7, 6:

par pro pari referto, quod eam mordeat,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 55 Fleck., Umpfenb., cited ap. Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 19 (Bentl. ex conject. par, pari; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 281, ed. 5).—

5.

Paria facere, to equalize or balance a thing with any thing, to settle, pay (post-Aug.):

cum rationibus domini paria facere,

to pay. Col. 1, 8, 13; 11, 1, 24. —

(β).

Trop.:

cum aliter beneficium detur, aliter reddatur, paria facere difficile est,

to return like for like, to repay with the same coin, Sen. Ben. 3, 9, 2: denique debet poenas: non est quod cum illo paria faciamus, repay him, id. Ira, 3, 25, 1:

nihil differamus, cotidie cum vitā paria faciamus,

settle our accounts with life, id. Ep. 101, 7; Plin. 2, 86, 88, § 202; so,

parem rationem facere,

Sen. Ep. 19, 10.—

6.

Ludere par impar, to play at even and odd, Hor. S. 2, 3, 248: August. ap. Suet. Aug. 71 fin. —

7.

Ex pari, adverb., in an equal manner, on an equal footing (post-Aug.):

sapiens cum diis ex pari vivit,

Sen. Ep. 59, 14.

II.

Transf., subst.

A.

pār, păris, m., a companion, comrade, mate, spouse:

plebs venit, et adcumbit cum pare quisque suo,

Ov. F. 3, 526:

jungi cum pare suā,

id. ib. 3, 193:

edicere est ausus cum illo suo pari, quem omnibus vitiis superare cupiebat, ut, etc.,

Cic. Pis. 8, 18.—Esp., a table companion, = omoklinos:

atque ibi opulentus tibi par forte obvenerit,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 68 Brix ad loc.:

cedo parem quem pepigi,

id. Pers. 5, 1, 15 (v. also I. A. g. supra).—

B.

pār, păris, n., a pair:

gladiatorum par nobilissimum,

Cic. Opt. Gen. Or. 6, 17:

ecce tibi geminum in scelere par,

id. Phil. 11, 1, 2:

par nobile fratrum,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 243:

par columbarum,

Ov. M. 13, 833:

par mularum,

Gai. Inst. 3, 212:

par oculorum,

Suet. Rhet. 5:

tria aut quatuor paria amicorum,

Cic. Lael. 4, 15:

scyphorum paria complura,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 19, § 47:

paria (gladiatorum) ordinaria et postulaticia,

Sen. Ep. 7, 3: pocula oleaginea paria duo, Lab. Dig. 32, 1, 30.Hence, adv.: părĭter, equally, in an equal degree, in like manner, as well.

A.

In gen.: dispartiantur patris bona pariter, Afran. ap. Non. 375, 1:

ut nostra in amicos benevolentia illorum erga nos benevolentiae pariter aequaliterque respondeat,

Cic. Lael. 16, 56:

laetamur amicorum laetitiā aeque atque nostrā, et pariter dolemus angoribus,

id. Fin. 1, 20, 65:

caritate non pariter omnes egemus,

id. Off. 2, 8, 30:

ut pariter extrema terminentur,

id. Or. 12, 38; Phaedr. 5, 2, 10:

et gustandi et pariter tangendi magna judicia sunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 58, 146:

nulla pro sociā obtinet, pariter omnes viles sunt,

id. ib. 80, 7; Quint. 9, 3, 102:

cuncta pariter Romanis adversa,

Tac. A. 1, 64: tantumdem est;

feriunt pariter,

all the same, nevertheless, Juv. 3, 298.—

(β).

With cum:

Siculi mecum pariter moleste ferent,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 173:

pariter nobiscum progredi,

Auct. Her. 3, 1, 1; Verg. A. 1, 572.—

(γ).

With ut, atque ( ac ):

is ex se hunc reliquit filium pariter moratum, ut pater avusque hujus fuit,

Plaut. Aul. prol. 21:

pariter hoc fit, atque ut alia facta sunt,

id. Am. 4, 1, 11:

vultu pariter atque animo varius,

Sall. J. 113, 3:

pariter ac si hostis adesset,

id. ib. 46, 6.—

(δ).

With et... et:

pariterque et ad se tuendum et ad hostem petendum,

Liv. 31, 35:

pariter et habitus et nomina edocebuntur,

Quint. 1, 1, 25; Ov. M. 11, 556.—

(ε).

With dat. (in late poets, and once in Liv.):

pariter ultimae (gentes) propinquis, imperio parerent,

the remotest as well as the nearest, Liv. 38, 16; Stat. Th. 5, 121; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 166.—

* (ζ).

With qualis:

pariter suades, qualis es,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 37. —

B.

In partic.

1.

Like simul, of equality in time or in association, at the same time, together:

nam plura castella Pompeius pariter, distinendae manūs causā, tentaverat,

at the same time, together, Caes. B. C. 3, 52:

pariter decurrere,

Liv. 22, 4, 6:

ut pariter et socii rem inciperent,

id. 3, 22, 6; 10, 5, 7; 26, 48 fin.; cf.:

plura simul invadimus, si aut tam infirma sunt, ut pariter impelli possint, aut, etc.,

Quint. 5, 13, 11; so,

pariter multos invadere,

id. 5, 7, 5:

pariter ire,

id. 1, 1, 14; 1, 12, 4; Tac. H. 4. 56; Plin. 26, 8, 40, § 66.—

(β).

With cum (so commonly in Cic.):

conchyliis omnibus contingere, ut cum lunā pariter crescant pariterque decrescant,

Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33; cf. id. de Or. 3, 3, 10:

studia doctrinae pariter cum aetate crescunt,

id. Sen. 14, 50:

pariter cum vitā sensus amittitur,

id. Tusc. 1, 11, 24:

equites pariter cum occasu solis expeditos educit,

Sall. J. 68, 2; 77, 1; 106, 5:

pariter cum collegā,

Liv. 10, 21, 14; 27, 17, 6.—

(γ).

With et, atque, que:

inventionem et dispositionem pariter exercent,

Quint. 10, 5, 14; 1, 1, 25:

quibus mens pariter atque oratio insurgat,

id. 12, 2, 28:

seriis jocisque pariter accommodato,

id. 6, 3, 110.—

(δ).

With dat. ( poet. ), Stat. Th. 5, 122:

pariterque favillis Durescit glacies,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 165.—

2.

In order to give greater vivacity to the expression, reduplicated: pariter... pariter, as soon as ( poet. and in post-Aug prose):

hanc pariter vidit, pariter Calydo nius heros Optavit,

Ov. M. 8, 324; Plin. Ep. 8, 23 fin. —

3.

In like manner, likewise, also:

pariterque oppidani agere,

Sall. J. 60, 1:

postquam pariter nymphas incedere vidit,

Ov. M. 2, 445.