palliate
From LSJ
Έγ', ὦ ταλαίπωρ', αὐτὸς ὧν χρείᾳ πάρει. Τὰ πολλὰ γάρ τοι ῥήματ' ἢ τέρψαντά τι, ἢ δυσχεράναντ', ἢ κατοικτίσαντά πως, παρέσχε φωνὴν τοῖς ἀφωνήτοις τινά –> Wretched brother, tell him what you need. A multitude of words can be pleasurable, burdensome, or they can arouse pity somehow — they give a kind of voice to the voiceless.
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
call specious names: Ar. and P. ὑποκορίζεσθαι.
gloss over: P. and V. καλλύνειν (acc.) (Plato).
pardon: P. and V. συγγιγνώσκειν (acc., gen., or dat.). συγγνώμην ἔχειν (gen.).
give an excuse for: P. πρόφασιν διδόναι (infin.).
