παραχρῆμα

παραχρῆμα, Adv. for παρὰ τὸ χρῆμα (cf. χρέος)

A on the spot, forthwith, Hdt.3.15, 7.150, Lys.25.17, etc.; πάλαι τε καὶ οἱ πλεῖστοι π. Th. 7.75 ;

εἰ καὶ μὴ π., ἀλλ' ὀλίγον ὕστερον Isoc. 18.64

; ταχέως καὶ π. Cratin.6 ; at the moment,

π. τέρψασαι Critias 6.23

(nisi divisim scribendum) ; τὰ π. the present, opp. τὰ μέλλοντα, Th.1.138 ; ἡ π. ἀνάγκη present necessity, Id.2.17 ; τὸ π. περιχαρές ib.51 ;

τὸ π. περιδεές Id.8.1

; τὸ π. ἡδύ immediate pleasure, Pl.Prt.356a ;

αἱ π. ἡδοναί Antipho Soph.58

: with the Art., τὸ π. Hdt.6.11, etc.; ἐκ τοῦ π. λέγειν to speak offhand, Pl.Cra.399d, cf. D.1.1 ;

ἐκ τοῦ π. στρατεύεσθαι X.HG6.4.11

;

αἱ ἐκ τοῦ π. ἡδοναί Id.Mem.2.1.20

; λέγειν ἀπὸ τοῦ π. Id.HG1.1.30 ; ἐν τῷ π. Antipho 5.73, Pl.R.455a, etc.;

ἐς τὸ π. ἀκούειν Th.1.22

;

ἀσθενεῖς εἰς τὸ π. γίγνονται Pl.Lg.646c

.—More freq. in Hdt. and [dialect] Att. Prose than in later writers (hence expld. by Hsch. παραχρῆμα· παραυτίκα . . , εὐθέως), cf. Call.Fr.106.3, SIG577.12 (Milet., iii/ii B. C.), Plu. Cam.42 ;

νόμοι ἐκ τοῦ π. κείμενοι Jul.

ad Them.262a ;

ἐκ τοῦ π. εἰπεῖν Plu.2.6e

, cf. Longin.18.2 ; ἐν τῷ π. Aristid.2.407 J. :—hence Cobet treats ἄρτι, εὐθύς, εὐθέως, when joined with παραχρῆμα as glosses,

π. ἄρτι X.HG1.4.14

; εὐθέως π. Antipho 1.20 ; εὐθὺς π. Is.1.11, Din.1.94, D.48.40.

2 in later writers, c. gen.,

π. τῆς εὐεργεσίας D.Chr.11.130

;

π. τῆς διαβάσεως Eun.Hist.p.240

D., cf. Gp.10.75.16.