παραμύθιον
τό
A.
address, exhortation, Pl. Lg. 773e, 880a (both pl.); encouragement, τοῦ μὴ φοβεῖσθαι Id. Euthd. 272b.
2.
assuagement, abatement of, καμάτων S. El. 130 (lyr.) ; πυρσῶν of the fires of love, Theoc. 23.7 ; ἐλπὶς κινδύνῳ π. οὖσα Th. 5.103 ; παραμύθια ποιήσασθαι τῆς ὁδοῦ Pl. Lg. 632e, cf. 704d ; τοῖς γὰρ πλουσίοις πολλὰ π. φασιν εἶναι many consolations, Id. R. 329e, cf. Phdr. 240d, Phld. Mort. 19 ; λύπης παραμύθιον Epigr.Gr. 298.7 (Teos), cf. IG 3.768a.
3.
παραμύθια πλησμονῆς stimulants of a sated appetite, Pl. Criti. 115b.