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παρακρᾰτ-έω

parakrateo

detain, keep wailing

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Where it lives

Discourses 8 · 1.08/10k
Meditations 1 · 0.34/10k

What it meant

παρακρᾰτ-έω · parakrat-eō — LSJ

detain, keep wailing, restrain, prevent, from falling off, retain, to be held in check

detain, keep wailing, τινα App. Hisp. 35 ; restrain, Arr. Epict. 3.7.28 ; τρίχας ῥεούσας π. prevent the hair from falling off, Dsc. 4.134; retain, τὰ ἐν τῇ γαστρί Ruf. Anat. 42:—Pass., to be held in check, M.Ant. 11.20, Apollod. Poliorc. 183.1.

2 compress, squeeze

compress, squeeze, Dsc. Eup. 1.8 (Pass.).

II hold out to

hold out to, ἀμίδα τινί Arr. Epict. 1.2.8.

In the wild

παρακρατήσας · parakratēsas Epictetus, Discourses 1.2 (DIORISIS sentence 117)
παρακρατοῦντος · parakratountos Epictetus, Discourses 1.2 (DIORISIS sentence 118)
παρακρατήσας · parakratēsas Epictetus, Discourses 1.2 (DIORISIS sentence 117)
παρακρατήσω · parakratēsō Epictetus, Discourses 1.2 (DIORISIS sentence 119)
παρακρατεῖν · parakratein Epictetus, Discourses 1.2 (DIORISIS sentence 117)
παρακρατῆσαι · parakratēsai Epictetus, Discourses 1.2 (DIORISIS sentence 118)

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