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πάρεσις

paresis · ἡ

letting go, dismissal

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πάρεσις · paresis — LSJ

letting go, dismissal, release

letting go, dismissal, τινὸς ἐκ Συρακουσῶν Plu. Comp. Dion. Brut. 2 ; release, D.H. 7.37.

II slackening, paralysis

slackening of strength, paralysis, Hp. Epid. 4.45 ; παραπληγίη π. ἁφῆς καὶ κινήσιος Aret. SD 1.7, cf. 2.5, Plu. QConv. 2.652e.

2

metaph., ἡ ἀπὸ τῆς ὕλης π. Dam. Pr. 440.

III remission

remission of debts, χρημάτων π. Phalar. Ep. 81.1 ; of sins, Ep.Rom. 3.25.

IV neglect

neglect, App. Reg. 13.

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