παραίφασις
βίος ἀνεόρταστος μακρὴ ὁδὸς ἀπανδόκευτος → a life without feasting is a long journey without an inn | a life without festivals is a long journey without inns | a life without festivals is a long road without inns | a life without festivity is a long road without an inn | a life without festivity is like a long road without an inn | a life without holidays is like a long road without taverns | a life without parties is a long journey without inns | a life without public holidays is a long road without hotels
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.