The corpus record

παραπρεσβ-εύω

parapresbeuo

execute an embassy faithlessly

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Where it lives

Against Timocrates 1 · 0.69/10k
On the False Embassy 1 · 0.43/10k

What it meant

παραπρεσβ-εύω · parapresb-euō — LSJ

execute an embassy faithlessly, dishonestly

execute an embassy faithlessly or dishonestly, D. 19.191, SIG 167.5 (Mylasa, iv B.C.); πρεσβείαν π. Aeschin. 2.94 :—more freq. in Med. παραπρεσβ-εύομαι, Pl. Lg. 941a, Isoc. 18.22 ; εἰς Αἴγυπτον D. 24.127.

In the wild

παρεπρεσβεύσατʼ · parepresbeusatʼ Demosthenes, Against Timocrates 127 (DIORISIS sentence 438)
παραπρεσβεύοντες · parapresbeuontes Demosthenes, On the False Embassy Concl.191 (DIORISIS sentence 649)

Where it came from

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