παραίτησις

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A supplication, entreaty, π. παραιτεῖσθαι Pl.Criti.107a; μηδεμία τῆς μονῆς π. γιγνέσθω no application for leave to stay, Id.Lg.915c; πρόφασιν εἰσδέχεσθαι καὶ π. Plb.16.17.8; petition, POxy.899v21 (iii A. D.).    II deprecating, Th.1.73; excuse, apology, Plb.39.1.5, Jul.Or.2.64a (pl.), Chor. in Rev.Phil.1.73, etc.; pardon, ἁμαρτημάτων Ph.2.296, cf. 223.    2 declining, Plu.2.124b; dismissal, D.C.78.22.    III intercession, begging off, Gorg.Pal.33, D.9.37.

German (Pape)

[Seite 480] ἡ, das Erbitten, Besänftigen, um Verzeihung Bitten; Thuc. 1, 73; Pol. 40, 6, 5; vgl. auch Plat. Legg. XI, 915 c. – Auch das Verbitten, Abschlagen, D. C. 78, 22, Losbitten, 52, 42.