solace
From LSJ
δυνατὰ δὲ οἱ προύχοντες πράσσουσι καὶ οἱ ἀσθενεῖς ξυγχωροῦσιν → the strong do what they will; the weak do what they must | the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must | they that have odds of power exact as much as they can, and the weak yield to such conditions as they can get
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. παραμυθεῖσθαι (Euripides, Orestes 298), V. παρηγορεῖν.
soothe, assuage: P. and V. πραΰνειν, θέλγειν (Plato but rare P.).
lighten: P. and V. ἐπικουφίζειν, V. ἐξευμαρίζειν.
substantive
P. παραμυθία, ἡ, παραμύθιον, τό, P. and V. παραψυχή, ἡ (rare P.).
means of assuaging: V. ἀνακούφισις, ἡ; see alleviation.
