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παράφᾰσις

paraphasis1 · ἡ

address, encouragement, consolation

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What it meant

παράφᾰσις · paraphasis — LSJ

address, encouragement, consolation, a way of calming

address, encouragement, consolation, ἀγαθὴ δὲ παραίφασίς ἐστιν ἑταίρου Il. 11.793 ; παραίφασιν εὗρεν ἐρώτων a way of calming them, APl. 16.373.3.

2 allurement, persuasion, deceitful speaking

allurement, persuasion, in the cestus of Aphrodite, πάρφασις, ἥ τʼ ἔκλεψε νόον πύκα περ φρονεόντων Il. 14.217 ; deceitful speaking, ἐχθρὰ πάρφασις Pi. N. 8.32.

Where it came from

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