Παρακοᾶν

to mishear

Translated by William Hutton21 Jul 2011Vetting: high3 revisions

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[Meaning] to misunderstand and to be off in one's thinking. For koa=n and kona=n [mean] to think.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Παρακοᾶν· παρανοεῖν καὶ παραφρονεῖν. κοᾶν γὰρ καὶ κονᾶν τὸ φρονεῖν.

Betacode

*parakoa=n: paranoei=n kai\ parafronei=n. koa=n ga\r kai\ kona=n to\ fronei=n.

= Photius pi249 Theodoridis; cf. Hesychius pi549. The headword is unattested elsewhere, though a (presumably) related participle, parakow=n is attested in late Greek. See also Hesychius pi538 (parakeko/atai: paranoei=).

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