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παράλυσις

παράλυσις, a loosening by the side: paralysis, palsy

παρά-λῠσις, εως, ἡ,
  • secret or illicit undoing or breaking open, ἡ πολυπραγμοσύνη π. τῶν ἀπορρήτων Plu. Curios. 2.519c (v.l. -δυσις).
    • II disabling of the nerves, paralysis, Thphr. Fr. 11, Dsc. 1.6, Ruf. ap. Orib. 8.39.2, Gal. 8.208; also of the eyes, i.e. nystagmus, Cels. 6.6.36: generally, π. τῶν σωμάτων, of the effect of strong wine, Com.Adesp. 106.13; ἡ λύπη ψυχῆς π. Cleanth.Stoic. 1.130, cf. Plb. 30.32.10.
      • 2 = δελφίνιον II, Ps.-Dsc. 3.73; = κώνειον I.1, Id. 4.78.
    • III diaeresis (in Gramm.), κατὰ π. Eust. ad D.P. 384.

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