A.encouragement, exhortation, Pl.R.450d, Phld.Ir.p.65 W.(pl.) ; reassurance, gentle persuasion, Pl.Phd.70b, Lg.720a.
3. relief from, abatement of, “φθόνου” Plu.Them.22 ; “τῶν πόνων καὶ τῶν κινδύνων” Id.Dio 52, etc.; π. ταλαιπωρούντων, of sleep, Secund.Sent. 13.