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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From παραινέω (parainéō) (from παρα- (para-) + αἰνέω (ainéō)) + -σις (-sis)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa.rǎi̯.ne.sis/ → /paˈrɛ.ne.sis/ → /paˈre.ne.sis/
Noun
πᾰραίνεσῐς • (paraínesis) f (genitive πᾰραινέσεως); third declension
- exhortation, address
- advice, counsel
Declension
Descendants
Further reading
- παραίνεσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “παραίνεσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- admonition idem, page 13.
- advice idem, page 15.
- advocacy idem, page 15.
- appeal idem, page 34.
- counsel idem, page 176.
- exhortation idem, page 292.
- forewarning idem, page 337.
- precept idem, page 634.
- recommendation idem, page 680.
- suggestion idem, page 836.
- warning idem, page 964.