παρα-κάλυμμα [κᾰ], ατος, τό,
anything hung up beside or before so as to cover a thing, covering, curtain, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 51, etc. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__2 metaphorically, veil, cloak, τῶν κακῶν [[ 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 167; ἀφεγγὲς λήθης π. LXX.Wis.17.3; γήρᾳ π. τοῦ χρόνου ποιούμενος 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 16.8.1; π. τῆς ἡδονῆς τὸ σκότος προθέσθαι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.654d ] LXX+4th c.BC+]; excuse, pretext, τῇ λύρᾳ π. χρώμενος [[ [prev. author] “Per.” 4; ἐχρήσατο τῆς ἀπορίας -καλύμματι [prev. author] 2.27e, compare 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.186. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]