παρανάλωμα
From LSJ
ὃ γὰρ βούλεται, τοῦθ' ἕκαστος καὶ οἴεται → what he wishes to be true, each person also believes to be true | what he wishes, each person also believes
English (LSJ)
ατος, τό,
A useless expense, waste, Plu.Pyrrh.30, Cic. 17 ; χρόνου Ael. VH1.17 ; incidental waste, J.BJ4.5.2, 5.1.3 ; of persons, π. γινόμενοι perishing incidentally, Aesop.345, cf. Demad.2 ; μὴ π. γένηται τελευτήσαντος αὐτοῦ lest his death should involve that of... Ph.2.519 ; ἐπ' οὐδενὶ λυσιτελεῖ παρανάλωμα γενησόμενοι ib.600.
