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παρα-φθέγγομαι ,
A.add a qualification, in replying, Pl.Euthd. 296a.
2. say casually, let drop, “π. ἐν τῷ λόγῳ πολλάκις, ὡς πλούσιός ἐστιν” Hyp. Eux.32 ; τοῦτο π., ὡς . . Is.8.23 ; π. πρός τινας, ὅτι . . Plb. 28.17.13 ; “εἴ τι παρεφθέγξατο” Philostr.VA1.19.
3. speak amiss, J.BJ2.14.8, cf. Sch.S.Ph.1194 ; talk nonsense, Hld.10.33.
4. interrupt a speaker, murmur, Plu.Alex.6, 2.738f.
5. say secretly, Hld.5.8 ; whisper a question, “τί πρακτέον” Eun.VSp.484 B.
6. gainsay, Gal.14.630.
7. utter beside, “π. τὴν εὐχὴν τῷ τροπαίῳ” Philostr.Im.2.5.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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