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παρα-κάλυμμα

parakalumma · τό

anything hung up beside

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Where it lives

Sapientia Salomonis 1 · 1.45/10k

What it meant

παρα-κάλυμμα · para-kalymma — LSJ

anything hung up beside, before so as to cover, covering, curtain

anything hung up beside or before so as to cover a thing, covering, curtain, Plu. Alex. 51, etc.

2 veil, cloak, excuse, pretext

metaph., veil, cloak, τῶν κακῶν Antiph. 167; ἀφεγγὲς λήθης π. LXX Wi. 17.3; γήρᾳ π. τοῦ χρόνου ποιούμενος J. AJ 16.8.1; π. τῆς ἡδονῆς τὸ σκότος προθέσθαι Plu. QConv. 2.654d; excuse, pretext, τῇ λύρᾳ π. χρώμενος Id. Per. 4; ἐχρήσατο τῆς ἀπορίας -καλύμματι Id. Aud.poet. 2.27e, cf. Ph. 2.186.

In the wild

παρακαλύμματι · parakalymmati Septuaginta, Sapientia Salomonis 17

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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