παρα-μυθέομαι, -odpar; 1 aor. παρεμυθησάμην ; fr. Hom. down; to speak to, address one, whether by way of admonition and incentive, or to calm and console; hence i. 4. to encourage, console: τινά, Jn. xi. 31; 1 Th. ii. 12 (11); v. 14; τινὰ περί τινος, Jn. xi. 19.

παραμυθέομαι paramytheomai 4x

to exercise a gentle influence by words; to soothe, comfort, console, Jn. 11:19, 31; 1 Thess. 5:14; to cheer, exhort, 1 Thess. 2:12*

** παρα-μυθέομαι, -οῦμαι,

[in LXX: II Mac 15:9 (Sm.8)*;]

to encourage, exhort.

to comfort, console: c. acc. pers., Jo 11:31, I Th 2:11 5:14; id. seq. περί, Jo 11:19.†

SYN.: παρακαλέω.

παραμυθέομαι discharge of certain debts, P Tebt II. 384?! (contract of apprenticeship to a weaver—A.D. 10) παρεξόμεθα τὸν ἀδελφὸν ὑμῶν (/. ἡμῶν) Πασίωνα πίαραμέϊνοντα αὐτῷ ἐνιαυτὸν ἕνα, ““ννεὲ will produce our brother Pasion to remain with him (the weaver) for one year,’’ P Oxy IV. 72415 (A.D. 155) παραμενεῖ δέ o[olt μετὰ [τὸ]ν xpd[vov] ὅσας ἐὰν ἀργήσῃ ἡμέρας ἢ μῆναξ, where it is provided that an apprentice shall ‘tremain” with his master for as many days or months as he may have played truant during his apprenticeship, and from the inscrr. Sy// 850° (B.C. 173-2) παραμεινάτω δὲ παρὰ ᾿Αμύνταν Σωτήριχος ἔτη ὀκτὼ ἀνενκλήτως, of a slave, and 76. 8409 (= 5 1209*4) (B.C. 101-100) ἀφῆκεν ἐλεύθερον παραμείναντα αὐτῷ τὸν τᾶς {was χρόνον, of a slave boy manumitted, but to stay with his master as long as he lives. The service is clearly free: Vitelli’s ‘‘euphemism’’ must not be pressed too far. In late Greek tapapévw has come to mean “‘remain alive,” cf. Schmid, Aéticismus i. p. 132, who cites Dio Chrys. i. 62. 8, a/., and for the double compd. συνπαραμένω cf. PSI I. 643 (i/B.c.?). The subst. παραμονή occurs in P Ryl IL. 12828 (¢ aD. 30) μὴ στοχασάμενος ὧν ὀφείλει μοι σὺν τῇ γυναικὶ αὐτοῦ κατὰ παραμονήν, “being oblivious of the debt which he and his wife owe me in accordance with a contract of engagement’? (Edd.)— παραμονήν standing for παραμονῆς συγγραφήν : see also Preisigke Fachworter sv. TLapapovy = ‘‘ durability ’’ is found in P Lond V. 17644 (vi/A.D.) ἀναδεχόμενος τὴν τοῦ οἴνου καλλονὴν καὶ παραμονήν.

παραμυθέομαι (paramutheomai) — to encourage. παραμῡθ-έομαι, encourage, exhort one to do a thing, with dative person et infinitive, τοῖς ἄλλοισιν ἐγὼ παραμυθησαίμην οἴκαδ᾽ ἀποπλείειν [Refs 8th c.BC+]infinitive, πῶς οὖν αὐτοὺς παραμυθησόμεθα προθύμους εἶνα; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; παραμυθοῦ μ᾽ (i.e. ποιεῖν) ὅ τι καὶ πείσεις [Refs 4th c.BC+]; θαρσεῖν (i.e. σε) οὐδὲν παραμυθοῦμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. speak soothingly to, with accusative, παρεμυθεῖτο attempted to reassure them, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; encourage a dog, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; console, comfort, τινα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ταῖς ἐλπίσιν τἀλγεινὰ π. [Refs 4th c.BC+]: with neuter adjective, πόλλ᾽ ἂν εἶχέ τις αὑτὸν παραμυθήσασθαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. τὰς πόλεις ὡς.. console.. by saying that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. relieve, assuage, abate, π. ὁ οἶνος τὴν τοῦ γήρως δυσθυμίαν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; Ἐπίκουρος τἀποθνῄσκειν π. [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; π. τὸν φθόνον, τὸ πένθος, τὴν ξυμφοράν, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; [θρίδακες] κόρυζαν π. [Refs]; πῦρ ἀνάψαντες τὸ πικρὸν τοῦ κρυμοῦ π. [Refs 4th c.AD+]

4. soflen down, palliate, τὸ τῆς μοναρχίας ὄνομα [Refs 1st c.AD+]; explain away, τὸ μυθῶδες [Refs 1st c.AD+]; excuse, τὴν ἀπὸ μικρῶν ἐπίκλησιν [Refs 1st c.BC+]

5. support, justify a thesis, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; explain, [Refs 6th c.AD+]