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παραίν-εσις

parainesis · ἡ

exhortation, address

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What it meant

παραίν-εσις · parain-esis — LSJ

exhortation, address, advice, counsel given by, advice given for, of, towards, to recommend

exhortation, address, A. Eu. 707, Hdt. 9.44, Th. 2.45, etc.; π. ποιήσασθαι ib. 88: c. gen. pers., advice or counsel given by a person, Hdt. 5.11, 51: c. gen. rei, advice given for, of, or towards a thing, αἱ π. τῶν ξυναλλαγῶν Th. 4.59; ἐπὶ γνώμης παραινέσει to recommend an opinion, Id. 1.92; cf. παράκλησις II.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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