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παραμονή

παραμονή, obligation to continue in service

παρα-μονή, ἡ,
  • obligation to continue in service, of a slave whose manumission is deferred, SIG 2863 (Delph.), etc.; ἐγγύους παρά τινος λαμβάνειν παραμονῆς PHal. 1.48 (iii B. C.), cf. PHib. 1.41.5 (iii B. C.).
      • 2 endurance, constancy, Iamb. Protr. [2].
      • 3 keeping, οἶνος πρὸς παραμονὴν ἐπιτήδειος Ath. 1.30e; γλεῦκος εἰς π. χρήσιμον Gp. 6.16.3; εἰς πλείονα π. χρωμάτων Dsc. 5.159.
      • 4 διὰ τὴν τοῦ βρέφους παραμονήν to make room for the foetus, Alex.Aphr. Pr. 1.125.

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