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===verb transitive===

[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[παραμυθεῖσθαι]] ([[Euripides|Eur.]], ''[[Orestes]]'' 298), [[verse|V.]] [[παρηγορεῖν]].

[[soothe]], [[assuage]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πραύνειν]], [[θέλγειν]] ([[Plato]] but rare [[prose|P.]]).

[[lighten]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐπικουφίζειν]], [[verse|V.]] [[ἐξευμαρίζειν]].

===substantive===

[[prose|P.]] [[παραμυθία]], ἡ, [[παραμύθιον]], τό, [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[παραψυχή]], ἡ (rare [[prose|P.]]).

[[means of assuaging]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ἀνακούφισις]], ἡ; see [[alleviation]].

[[hope]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐλπίς]], ἡ.
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