παραμυθέομαι
Infl. fut. ήσομαι
Dep.:
1. "to encourage or exhort" one "to do" a thing, c. dat. pers. et inf., τοῖς ἄλλοισιν ἔφη παραμυθήσασθαι οἴκαδ᾽ ἀποπλείειν Il.; c. acc. pers., παραμυθοῦ με (sc. ποιεῖν); ὅ τι καὶ πείσεις Aesch.:—c. acc. pers. only, "to encourage, exhort, advise", Plat., Xen.
2. "to console, comfort", τινα Hdt., attic
3. "to pacify", παρεμυθεῖτο "attempted to pacify" them, Thuc.
4. "to assuage, abate", Plut.: "to soften down, explain away", Strab.