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ὑποπαραιτ-έομαι

upoparaiteomai

beg off, to be an excuse, disclaim

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What it meant

ὑποπαραιτ-έομαι · hypoparait-eomai — LSJ

beg off, to be an excuse, disclaim

beg off, γράμματα διʼ ὧν ὑποπαρῄτου διὰ τὸ τοῦ ποδὸς ἄλγημα Sammelb. 4630.4 (ii A. D.); to be an excuse, -ουμένης ἀσθενείας (from military service) Ph. 2.379; disclaim, Phld. Herc. 1457.8.

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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