Dictionary entry

G04008

An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon Keyed to Strong's Numbers

πέραν

I. "on the other side, across, beyond", Lat. trans, c. gen., πέρην ἁλός Il.; τὰ πέρην τοῦ Ἴστρου Hdt.; πόντου πέραν Aesch.

2. absol. "on the other side", Hdt., Xen.

3. with Verbs of motion, foll. by εἰς, "over or across" to, πέρην ἐς τὴν Ἀχαιίην διέπεμψαν Hdt.; πέραν εἰς τὴν Ἀσίαν διαβῆναι Xen.: also without εἰς, διαβαλόντες πέρην having crossed "over" to the main land, Hdt.

4. with the Art., διαβιβάζειν εἰς τὸ πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ Xen.; τὰ πέραν things "done on the opposite side", id=Xen.:— ἡ πέραν γῆ the country "just over the border", the "border-" country. Thuc.

II. "over against, opposite", c. gen., πέρην Εὐβοίης Il.

III. = πέρα, "beyond", c. gen., π. γε πόντου τερμόνων τ᾽ Ἀτλαντικῶν Eur.