παραμῡθ-ία, ἡ,
encouragement, exhortation, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 450d, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.65 W.(_plural_) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; reassurance, gentle persuasion, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 70b, “Lg.” 720a. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 consolation, [[ [prev. author] “Ax.” 365a, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.1.18 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; diversion, distraction, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 224a. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 relief from, abatement of, φθόνου [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 22; τῶν πόνων καὶ τῶν κινδύνων [prev. author] “Dio” 52, etc.] Refs 1st c.AD+]; π. ταλαιπωρούντων, of sleep, [[ 2nd c.AD: Secundus Gnomologus “Sententiae - FPG” 13. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__4 explanation, solution of a difficulty, π. πρὸς τὴν ἀπορίαν [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.395f, compare 929f, 6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Aristotelis Physica commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 361.19. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__5 excuse, ἔχειν τινὰ π. [[ 3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 4.7, compare 2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ ἰδεῶν” 1.11, +others ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]