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πάρεσις

πάρεσις, a letting go, remission

πάρεσις, εως, ἡ,
  • letting go, dismissal, τινὸς ἐκ Συρακουσῶν Plu. Comp. Dion. Brut. 2; release, D.H. 7.37.
    • IIslackening of strength, paralysis, Hp. Epid. 4.45; παραπληγίη π. ἁφῆς καὶ κινήσιος Aret. SD 1.7, cf. 2.5, Plu. QConv. 2.652e.
      • 2 metaph., ἡ ἀπὸ τῆς ὕλης π. Dam. Pr. 440.
    • IIIremission of debts, χρημάτων π. Phalar. Ep. 81.1; of sins, Ep.Rom. 3.25.
    • IV neglect, App. Reg. 13.

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