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παρακέντησις

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Λύπης ἰατρός ἐστιν ἀνθρώποις λόγος – For men reason is a healer of grief – Für Menschen ist der Trauer Arzt allein das WortMaeroris unica medicina oratio.

Menander, Sententiae, 452
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Transliteration A: parakéntēsis Transliteration B: parakentēsis Transliteration C: parakentisis Beta Code: parake/nthsis

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ, Medic.,

   A tapping for dropsy, etc., Gal.18(1).39, Orib.44.13.4.    b couching for cataract, Gal.UP10.4 (pl.), Simp. in Cat.401.8.