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παρακάλυμμα

παρακάλυμμα, anything hung up beside

παρα-κάλυμμα [κᾰ], ατος, τό,
  • anything hung up beside or before so as to cover a thing, covering, curtain, Plu. Alex. 51, etc.
      • 2 metaph., veil, cloak, τῶν κακῶν Antiph. 167; ἀφεγγὲς λήθης π. LXX Wi. 17.3; γήρᾳ π. τοῦ χρόνου ποιούμενος J. AJ 16.8.1; π. τῆς ἡδονῆς τὸ σκότος προθέσθαι Plu. QConv. 2.654d; excuse, pretext, τῇ λύρᾳ π. χρώμενος Id. Per. 4; ἐχρήσατο τῆς ἀπορίας -καλύμματι Id. Aud.poet. 2.27e, cf. Ph. 2.186.

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