παραμυθέομαι
παραμῡθ-έομαι,
A). encourage, exhort one
to do a thing, c. dat. pers. et inf.,
τοῖς ἄλλοισιν ἐγὼ παραμυθησαίμην οἴκαδ’ ἀποπλείειν Il. 9.417 , cf.
684 ,
15.45 : later c. dat. pers. only,
PFay. 19.6 (ii A. D.): also c. acc. pers. et inf.,
πῶς οὖν αὐτοὺς παραμυθησόμεθα προθύμους εἶναι;
Pl. Lg. 666a ;
παραμυθοῦ μ’ (sc.
ποιεῖν)
ὅ τι καὶ πείσεις A. Pr. 1063 (anap.);
θαρσεῖν (sc.
σε)
οὐδὲν παραμυθοῦμαι S. Ant. 935 (anap.).
2). speak soothingly to, c. acc.,
παρεμυθεῖτο attempted to reassure them,
Th. 3.75 , cf.
Pl. R. 476e , etc.;
encourage a dog,
X. Cyn. 6.25 : metaph.,
παραμυθεῖται ὁ σκάφος τὴν διψῶσαν ἄμπελον Gp. 3.5.4 ;
console, comfort,
τινα Hdt. 2.121 .
δ’,
Th. 2.44 ,
Alcid. Soph. 10 ,
Pl. Prt. 346b , al.;
ἡ φιλοσοφία τὴν ψυχὴν ἠρέμα παραμυθεῖται Id. Phd. 83a ;
π. τινὰ λόγοισι Ar. V. 115 ;
τινὰ ὀψαρίοις Id. Fr. 45 ;
τινὰ ἐπὶ τῇ κολάσει Luc. Tox. 33 ;
ἑαυτὸν τῆς ἥττης D.C. 48.46 ;
ταῖς ἐλπίσιν τἀλγεινὰ π.
Men. 641 : c. neut. Adj.,
πόλλ’ ἂν εἶχέ τις αὑτὸν παραμυθήσασθαι D. 21.214 ;
π. τὰς πόλεις ὡς ..
console .. by saying that .. ,
X. HG 4.8.1 .
4). soften down, palliate,
τὸ τῆς μοναρχίας ὄνομα Plu. Cleom. 11 ;
διὰ τῶν τῆς γοργότητος ἰδίων τὸ λίαν ὕπτιον Hermog. Id. 2.4 ;
explain away,
τὸ μυθῶδες Plu. 2.248b ;
excuse,
τὴν ἀπὸ μικρῶν ἐπίκλησιν Str. 13.1.64 .
ShortDef
to encourage
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Headword (normalized):
παραμυθέομαι
Headword (normalized/stripped):
παραμυθεομαι
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">παραμῡθ-έομαι</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">encourage, exhort</span> one <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to do</span> a thing, c. dat. pers. et inf., <span class="quote greek">τοῖς ἄλλοισιν ἐγὼ παραμυθησαίμην οἴκαδ’ ἀποπλείειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:417" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:9.417/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 9.417 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:684" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:684/canonical-url/"> 684 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15:45" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:15.45/canonical-url/"> 15.45 </a> : later c. dat. pers. only, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PFay.</span> 19.6 </span> (ii A. D.): also c. acc. pers. et inf., <span class="foreign greek">πῶς οὖν αὐτοὺς παραμυθησόμεθα προθύμους εἶναι</span>; <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:666a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:666a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 666a </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">παραμυθοῦ μ’</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">ποιεῖν</span>) <span class="quote greek"> ὅ τι καὶ πείσεις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1063" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1063/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 1063 </a> (anap.); <span class="foreign greek">θαρσεῖν</span> (sc. <span class="itype greek">σε</span>) <span class="quote greek"> οὐδὲν παραμυθοῦμαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:935" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:935/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 935 </a> (anap.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">speak soothingly to</span>, c. acc., <span class="foreign greek">παρεμυθεῖτο</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">attempted to reassure</span> them, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:75" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.75/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 3.75 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:476e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:476e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 476e </a>, etc.; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">encourage</span> a dog, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg014.perseus-grc1:6:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg014.perseus-grc1:6.25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyn.</span> 6.25 </a> : metaph., <span class="quote greek">παραμυθεῖται ὁ σκάφος τὴν διψῶσαν ἄμπελον</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Gp.</span> 3.5.4 </span> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">console, comfort</span>, <span class="itype greek">τινα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:121" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.121/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.121 </a>.<span class="foreign greek">δ’</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.44/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.44 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0610.tlg001:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0610.tlg001:10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alcid.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Soph.</span> 10 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:346b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:346b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Prt.</span> 346b </a>, al.; <span class="quote greek">ἡ φιλοσοφία τὴν ψυχὴν ἠρέμα παραμυθεῖται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:83a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:83a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 83a </a> ; <span class="quote greek">π. τινὰ λόγοισι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:115" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:115/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">V.</span> 115 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τινὰ ὀψαρίοις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg012:45" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg012:45/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 45 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τινὰ ἐπὶ τῇ κολάσει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg044:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg044:33/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tox.</span> 33 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἑαυτὸν τῆς ἥττης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0385.tlg001:48:46" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0385.tlg001:48.46/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.C.</span> 48.46 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ταῖς ἐλπίσιν τἀλγεινὰ π</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:641" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:641/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> 641 </a> : c. neut. Adj., <span class="quote greek">πόλλ’ ἂν εἶχέ τις αὑτὸν παραμυθήσασθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:214" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:214/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 21.214 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">π. τὰς πόλεις ὡς</span> .. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">console .. by saying</span> that .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:8:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:8:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HG</span> 4.8.1 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">relieve, assuage, abate</span>, <span class="quote greek">π. ὁ οἶνος τὴν τοῦ γήρως δυσθυμίαν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg010:120" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg010:120/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 120 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">Ἐπίκουρος τἀποθνῄσκειν π</span>. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Demetr.Lac.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Herc.</span> 1013.13 </span> ; <span class="quote greek">ᾄδουσιν ἡσυχῇ τὸ ἔργον -ούμενοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0612.tlg001:1:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0612.tlg001:1.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.Chr.</span> 1.9 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">π. τὰς ἐν στρατοπέδοις συμφοράς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0648.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0648.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Onos.</span> 1.13 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">π. τὸν φθόνον, τὸ πένθος, τὴν ξυμφοράν</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg015:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg015:13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Alc.</span> 13 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg031:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg031:27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Philops.</span> 27 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg066:28:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg066:28.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">DMort.</span> 28.3 </a> ;[<span class="foreign greek">θρίδακες] κόρυζαν π</span>. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Gp.</span> 12.13.11 </span> ; <span class="foreign greek">πῦρ ἀνάψαντες τὸ πικρὸν τοῦ κρυμοῦ π</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0640.tlg001:1:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0640.tlg001:1.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alciphr.</span> 1.1 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">soften down, palliate</span>, <span class="quote greek">τὸ τῆς μοναρχίας ὄνομα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg051:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg051:11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cleom.</span> 11 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">διὰ τῶν τῆς γοργότητος ἰδίων τὸ λίαν ὕπτιον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0592.tlg004:2:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0592.tlg004:2.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hermog.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Id.</span> 2.4 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">explain away</span>, <span class="quote greek">τὸ μυθῶδες</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.248b </span> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">excuse</span>, <span class="quote greek">τὴν ἀπὸ μικρῶν ἐπίκλησιν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:1:64" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:1:64/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Str.</span> 13.1.64 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">support, justify</span> a thesis, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0544.tlg002:7:66" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0544.tlg002:7.66/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">M.</span> 7.66 </a>, al., cf. <span class="quote greek">παραμυθητέον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0544.tlg002:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0544.tlg002:3/canonical-url/"> 3 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">explain</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4013.tlg004:9:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4013.tlg004:9.32/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Simp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">in Ph.</span> 9.32 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}