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παράφα^σις (A), εως, , (παράφημι) only in poet. forms παραίφα^σις , πάρφα^σις ,
A.address, encouragement, consolation, “ἀγαθὴ δὲ παραίφασίς ἐστιν ἑταίρουIl.11.793 ; παραίφασιν εὗρεν ἐρώτων a way of calming them, APl.5.373.3.
2. allurement, persuasion, in the cestus of Aphrodite, “πάρφασις, τ᾽ ἔκλεψε νόον πύκα περ φρονεόντωνIl.14.217 ; deceitful speaking, “ἐχθρὰ πάρφασιςPi.N.8.32.
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