παραμυθητέον

A. one must gently talk to, Pl. Lg. 899d.
2. one must soften, τὸ ἐπαχθές Sopat. ap. Stob. 4.5.52.
3. one must explain, justify, Corn. ND 22.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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