παραμυθία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[encouragement]], [[exhortation]], Pl.R.450d, Phld.Ir.p.65 W.(pl.); [[reassurance]], [[gentle persuasion]], Pl.Phd.70b, Lg.720a.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[consolation]], Id.Ax. 365a, Arr.Epict.1.1.18; [[diversion]], [[distraction]], Pl.Sph.224a.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[relief from]], [[abatement of]], [[φθόνος|φθόνου]] Plu.Them.22; τῶν πόνων καὶ τῶν κινδύνων Id.Dio 52, etc.; [[ταλαιπωρέω|ταλαιπωρούντων]] παραμυθίαSome versions have [[ἐπιθυμία]] instead and the reference is 19 instead of 13. See [https://www.translatum.gr/forum/index.php?topic=1009308.0 here] = the [[relief]] of those who [[toil]] in [[hardship]] (of [[sleep]]), [[Secundus]], ''Sententiae'' 13.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[explanation]], [[solution]] of a [[difficulty]], παραμυθία πρὸς τὴν [[ἀπορία]]ν Plu. 2.395f, cf. 929f, Simp.in Ph.361.19.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[excuse]], ἔχειν τινὰ παραμυθίαν Longin.4.7, cf. Hermog.Id.1.11, al.