παραυδάω

A. console, encourage (Hom. only in Od.), μύθοις ἀγανοῖσι παραυδήσας Od. 15.53 ; μειλιχίοις ἐπέεσσι παραυδῶν 16.279, cf. Q.S. 5.261 ; μὴ ταῦτα παραύδα, χρῶτ’ ἀπονίπτεσθαι do not coax me thus, to wash, Od. 18.178.

II. c. acc. rei, speak lightly of, make light of, μὴ δή μοι θάνατόν γε παραύδα 11.488.