παράφημι

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τά γε μὰν λίνα πάντα λελοίπει ἐκ Μοιρᾶν → but all the thread granted him by the Fates had run out

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Transliteration A: paráphēmi Transliteration B: paraphēmi Transliteration C: parafimi Beta Code: para/fhmi

English (LSJ)

poet. παραίφημι and πάρφημι,

   A speak gently to, advise, μητρὶ δ' ἐγὼ παράφημι Il.1.577 :—Med., persuade, appease, μνηστῆρας μαλακοῖς ἐπέεσσι παρφάσθαι Od.16.287, 19.6 ; τιν' ἄλλον παρφάμενος ἐπέεσσιν ἀποτρέψεις πολέμοιο Il.12.249, cf. Od.2.189 ; μαλακοῖσι παραιφάμενοι ἐπέεσσιν Hes.Th.90, cf. Parm.1.15.    2 freq. with collat. notion of deceit, speak deceitfully or insincerely, παρφάμεν ὅρκον, λόγον, Pi. O.7.66, P.9.43 :—Med., πολλά μιν παρφαμένα beguiling him, Id.N.5.32.