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παραμυ_θ-ία , ,
A.encouragement, exhortation, Pl.R.450d, Phld.Ir.p.65 W.(pl.) ; reassurance, gentle persuasion, Pl.Phd.70b, Lg.720a.
2. consolation, Id.Ax. 365a, Arr.Epict.1.1.18 ; diversion, distraction, Pl.Sph.224a.
3. relief from, abatement of, “φθόνουPlu.Them.22 ; “τῶν πόνων καὶ τῶν κινδύνωνId.Dio 52, etc.; π. ταλαιπωρούντων, of sleep, Secund.Sent. 13.
4. explanation, solution of a difficulty, “π. πρὸς τὴν ἀπορίανPlu. 2.395f, cf. 929f, Simp.in Ph.361.19.
5. excuse, ἔχειν τινὰ π. Longin.4.7, cf. Hermog.Id.1.11, al.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Plato, Laws, 720a
    • Plato, Republic, 450d
    • Plato, Phaedo, 70b
    • Plato, Sophist, 224a
    • Plutarch, Dion, 52
    • Plutarch, Themistocles, 22
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