παραμυθία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[encouragement]], [[exhortation]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>450d</span>, Phld.<span class="title">Ir.</span>p.65 W.(pl.); [[reassurance]], [[gentle persuasion]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>70b</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span>720a</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[consolation]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ax.</span> 365a</span>, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Epict.</span>1.1.18</span>; [[diversion]], [[distraction]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>224a</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[relief from]], [[abatement of]], φθόνου <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Them.</span>22</span>; τῶν πόνων καὶ τῶν κινδύνων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Dio</span> 52</span>, etc.; παραμυθία ταλαιπωρούντων, of [[sleep]], <span class="bibl">Secund.<span class="title">Sent.</span> 13</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[explanation]], [[solution]] of a difficulty, παραμυθία πρὸς τὴν ἀπορίαν Plu. 2.395f, cf. 929f, <span class="bibl">Simp.<span class="title">in Ph.</span>361.19</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[excuse]], <b class="b3">ἔχειν τινὰ π</b>. Longin.4.7, cf. <span class="bibl">Hermog.<span class="title">Id.</span>1.11</span>, al.</span>