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παράκλητος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: παράκλητος

Structure: παρακλητ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. Called to aid, helping
  2. (substantive) legal assistant, advocate
  3. (substantive) One of who speaks on behalf: mediator, intercessor
  4. (substantive) comforter, helper

Examples

  • ὡσ δὲ ταῦτ’ ἤκουσαν, ὅσοι μὲν ἦσαν ἀκέραιοί τε καὶ τῶν τὰ δίκαια λεγόντων παράκλητοι τὰσ χεῖρασ ἄραντεσ εἰσ τὸν οὐρανὸν ἀνέκραγον ὀδυρμῷ καὶ ἀγανακτήσει μεμιγμένην κραυγήν, οἱ δὲ τῆσ ὀλιγαρχίασ κόλακεσ τὴν ἐπικελεύουσάν τε καὶ θάρσοσ ἐμποιῆσαι δυναμένην τοῖσ κρατοῦσι φωνήν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 11, chapter 37 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. Called to aid

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