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παραχαρ-άσσω , Att. παραχαρ-άττω ,
A.re-stamp, i.e. re-value the currency, metaph., Diog.Cyn. ap. D.L.6.20,71, Str. Chr.12.23, Jul. Or.7.211b,c, Suid. s. v.γνῶθι σαυτόν; δεῖ κἀμὲ νόμισμα παρακόψαι καὶ π. τὸ βαρβαρικὸν Ἑλληνικῇ πολιτείᾳ Alexander Magn. ap. Plu.2.332c ; π. τὰ εἰς τὴν δίαιταν set up a new standard of life, Luc.Demon.5.
II. esp. debase the currency, “οἱ -οντες τὸ νόμισμα, κἂν μέρος λυμήνωνται, τὸ σύμπαν διεφθαρκέναι δοκοῦσιν” D.Chr.31.24 :—Pass., Harp.s.v. παράσημος ῥήτωρ.
2. metaph., τὰ καθωσιωμένα παρακόπτειν καὶ π., of sabbath-breakers, Ph.2.298, cf. 562, al., Luc.Am.22 ; “π. τὴν πάτριον. ὑπόθεσιν” Dam.Pr. 113.
b. ὀνόματα κεκαινοτομημένα καὶ -κεχαραγμένα re-minted, i.e. used with new meanings, Aristid.Rh. 1p.508S., cf. Gal.7.834.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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