The corpus record

παρακμ-άζω

parakmazo

to be past the prime

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Where it lives

Symposium 2 · 2.1/10k
Siracides 1 · 0.54/10k
Memorabilia 1 · 0.28/10k
Rhetoric 1 · 0.23/10k
Politics 1 · 0.15/10k

What it meant

παρακμ-άζω · parakm-azō — LSJ

to be past the prime, abate

to be past the prime, of fruits, etc., X. Mem. 4.4.23, Thphr. Od. 34, etc.; παρηκμακότες, of old trees, Id. HP 9.4.7 ; of men compared to wine, Alex. 45.5 : metaph., of beauty, X. Smp. 4.17, 8.14 ; πρεσβύτεροι καὶ παρηκμακότες Arist. Rh. 1389b13, cf. Pol. 1275a17 ; π. τοῖς σώμασι Plu. Caes. 37 ; of a state, Plb. 6.51.5 ; of sea-waves, abate, Thphr. Vent. 35 ; of passion, ἂν δὲ μικρὸν παρακμάσῃ [ὀργή] Men. 573, cf. Plu. Brut. 21.

In the wild

παρηκμακότας · parēkmakotas Aristotle, Politics 1275a (DIORISIS sentence 881)
παρηκμακότες · parēkmakotes Aristotle, Rhetoric 2
παρακμάσῃ · parakmasēi Septuaginta, Siracides 42
παρηκμακότων · parēkmakotōn Xenophon, Memorabilia 4.4.23 (DIORISIS sentence 1945)
παρακμάζον · parakmazon Xenophon, Symposium 4.17 (DIORISIS sentence 286)
παρακμάζει · parakmazei Xenophon, Symposium 8.14 (DIORISIS sentence 608)

Where it came from

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