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παρρησί-α , , (πᾶς, ῥῆσις)
2. in bad sense, licence of tongue, εἰς τοὺς θεοὺς π. Isoc.11.40, cf. Pl.Phdr.240e, Cic.Att.1.16.8.
3. freedom of action, Aristaenet.2.7 ; π. ζωῆς καὶ θανάτου power of life and death, Vett. Val.6.3,al. ; licence, permission, Just.Nov.1.1.1 ; παρρησίᾳ ἐκτέμνεται τὸ δέρμα without fear, Aët.15.8 ; ἤγαγον ὑμᾶς μετὰ παρρησίας openly, LXXLe.26.13.
4. liberality, lavishness, κεκόσμηκε τὸν αὑτοῦ βίον τῇ καλλίστῃ π. OGI323.10(Pergam., ii B.C.); “ἐπὶ τῇ . . τῶν καμάτων καὶ πάσης ἐπιμελείας παρρησίᾳIG5(1).547 (Sparta, iii A.D.) ; = copia, Gloss.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (14):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 1.16.8
    • Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, 541
    • Demosthenes, Philippic 2, 31
    • Euripides, Bacchae, 668
    • Euripides, Hippolytus, 422
    • Euripides, Ion, 672
    • Euripides, Phoenician Women, 391
    • Isocrates, Busiris, 40
    • Isocrates, To Nicocles, 28
    • Isocrates, On the Peace, 14
    • Old Testament, Leviticus, 26.13
    • Plato, Republic, 557b
    • Plato, Phaedrus, 240e
    • Polybius, Histories, 2.38.6
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