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[348] παρακλιδόν is the epexegesis, or nearer definition, of παρέξ. So “τριχθὰ καταφυλαδόν Il.2. 668, “καθύπερθε μελαθρόφιν Od.8. 279.With εἰπεῖν ἄλλα παρακλιδόν cp. Od.19. 556ὑποκρίνασθαι . . ἄλλῃ ἀποκλίναντα”. The meaning is, ‘I will not give you a different answer, away from the point and shirking your question.’ These words imply the suppressio veri, as “ἀπατήσω” the suggestio falsi.

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