παραίφασις
From LSJ
οὐκ ἐν τῷ πολλῷ τὸ εὖ, ἀλλ' ἐν τῷ εὖ τὸ πολύ → good is not found in plenty but plenty in good, quality matters more than quantity
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.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
παραίφᾰσις: ἡ, ποιητ. ἀντὶ παράφασις, συμβουλή, παραίνεσις, ἀγαθὴ δὲ παραίφασίς ἐστιν ἑταίρου Ἰλ. Λ. 793, Ο. 404. 2) ἐξαπάτησις, πόνου Ἀνθ. Π. 5. 285· ἐρώτων Ἀνθ. Πλαν. 373. - Πρβλ. πάρφασις.
