The corpus record

παρολκ-ή

parolke · ἡ

spinning out of time, delay

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What it meant

παρολκ-ή · parolk-ē — LSJ

spinning out of time, delay, retardation

spinning out of time, delay, J. AJ 16.11.8, Charito 1.5, 12, etc.; π. χρόνου Porph. Abst. 1.45 ; retardation, Theol. Ar. 52 ; ἡ π. τῆς βραδυτῆτος Alciphr. 1.22 ; παρολκῇ τῆς ἀγγελίας Hld. 6.5 ; π. εὐχῆς Id. 5.34.

II redundancy

Gramm., redundancy, ἐν π. εἶναι A.D. Synt. 327.4, cf. Adv. 207.4 (pl.) ; so in Logic, κατὰ παρολκήν Stoic. 2.79.

III overdue payment

overdue payment, POxy. 997 (iv A.D., pl.).

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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