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παραπρεσβεύω

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Ὁ δὲ μὴ δυνάμενος κοινωνεῖν ἢ μηδὲν δεόμενος δι' αὐτάρκειαν οὐθὲν μέρος πόλεως, ὥστε θηρίον θεός → Whoever is incapable of associating, or has no need to because of self-sufficiency, is no part of a state; so he is either a beast or a god

Aristotle, Politics, 1253a25
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Transliteration A: parapresbeúō Transliteration B: parapresbeuō Transliteration C: parapresveyo Beta Code: parapresbeu/w

English (LSJ)

   A execute an embassy faithlessly or dishonestly, D.19.191, SIG167.5 (Mylasa, iv B.C.); πρεσβείαν π. Aeschin.2.94 :—more freq. in Med. παραπρεσβ-εύομαι, Pl.Lg.941a, Isoc.18.22 ; εἰς Αἴγυπτον D.24.127.