| 1. para ble (ballo), throw | 4. para phrase, speak |
| 2. para graph, write | 5. para site, feed |
| 3. par allel, one another | 6. par en thesis, put |
1. A parable is a short fictitious narrative placed (thrown) beside something which it is intended to illustrate.
2. A paragraph was originally a mark or note of comment written beside the line or place where a division should be made; now a distinct part of a discourse or writing.
3. Parallel lines extend beside one another.
4. Paraphrasing is telling (speaking) the same thing in other words.
5. A parasite is an animal or plant which lives beside or in another organism on which it feeds.
6. Marks of parenthesis are often used for a word, phrase, clause, or sentence put in by way of explanation to what it stands beside.
peri = around.
| 1. peri anth, flower | 3. peri meter, measure |
| 2. peri cardium, heart | 4. peri tone um, stretch |
| 5. peri oste um | |
1. The perianth is the floral envelope around the flower.