παραίφασις
From LSJ
Σιγή ποτ' ἐστὶν αἱρετωτέρα λόγου → Sometimes silence is preferable to words → Est ubi loquelā melius est silentium → Das Schweigen ist dem Reden manchmal vorzuziehn
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ, poet. for παράφασις,
A encouragement, persuasion, ἀγαθὴ δὲ π. ἐστιν ἑταίρου Il.11.793, cf. Aret.SD1.1, Nonn.D.40.115, Them.Or.8.106d. 2 beguilement, πόνου AP5.284 (Agath.); ἐρώτων APl.5.373.—Cf. πάρφασις.
German (Pape)
[Seite 480] ἡ, poet. statt παράφασις, Zurede, Ermunterung, Il. 11, 793. 15, 404 u. sp. D., auch Warnung, Lehre, Col. 245.
