παράφασις
paraphasis
address, encouragement, consolation
Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
παράφασις (A), εως, ἡ, (παράφημι) only in poet. forms παραίφᾰσις, πάρφᾰσις, A. 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, in the cestus of Aphrodite, πάρφασις, ἥ τʼ ἔκλεψε νόον πύκα περ φρονεόντων Il. 14.217 ; deceitful speaking, ἐχθρὰ πάρφασις N. 8.32.
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