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παρεισ-άγω [α^γ], pf.
A.“παρεισῆχα” Phld. Piet.32 :—lead in by one's side, bring forward, introduce, of persons brought into a public assembly, “τοὺς παῖδας τῶν ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ τετελευτηκότων” Isoc.8.82 ; “τοὺς αἰχμαλώτους ” Plb.3.63.2 ; propose a candidate for a succession, Plu. Galb. 21.
2. with a notion of secrecy, π. [τοὺς Γαλάτας] εἰς Ἔρυκα introduce, admit them into the city, Plb.2.7.8, cf. 1.18.3.
3. introduce into a poem or narrative, “κινδύνους” Arist.Fr.142, cf. Phld. l.c., etc.; τὸν Ἀννίβαν ἀμίμητόν τινα π. στρατηγόν represent him as . . , Plb. 3.47.7, cf. 5.2.6, Corn.ND9 :—Pass., ib.20, al.
4. introduce doctrines, customs, etc., τὰς ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐν Ἅιδου διαλήψεις εἰς τὰ πλήθη π. Plb.6.56.12, cf. D.S.1.96 ; “ξένα π. δαιμόνια” Plu.2.328d; “αἱρέσεις” 2 Ep.Pet. 2.1 :—Pass., “μουσικὴν παρεισῆχθαι τοῖς ἀνθρώποις” Ephor. 8J.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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