Ἀμφισβητεῖν
to claim
Translated by Jennifer Benedict14 Aug 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[To claim] and to counter-claim. Those involved in litigation [about] the estate1 are said to claim or to counter-claim, with one side maintaining that the estate is [not]2 a matter for litigation, as there is a son of the deceased either by descent or by adoption, while the other side say that because the deceased died childless they have a better right to the estate, being either relatives or named as heirs in a will. That is how Demosthenes and Hyperides elucidated counter-claiming.3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀμφισβητεῖν καὶ παρακαταβάλλειν· οἱ τὸν κλῆρον ἐπιδικαζόμενοι ἀμφισβητεῖν ἢ παρακαταβάλλειν λέγονται, οἱ μὲν φάσκοντες ἐπίδικον εἶναι τὸν κλῆρον, ὡς ὄντος παιδὸς τῷ τετελευτηκότι ἢ γόνῳ ἢ ποιήσει, οἱ δὲ ὡς ἄπαιδος τελευτήσαντος δικαιότερον λέγοντες ἔχειν αὐτοὺς τὸν κλῆρον τοῦ λαβόντος, ἢ συγγενεῖς ὄντες ἢ κατὰ διαθήκας κληρονόμοι. οὕτως Δημοσθένης καὶ Ὑπερίδης περὶ τοῦ καταβάλλειν διεσάφησαν.
Betacode
*)amfisbhtei=n kai\ parakataba/llein: oi( to\n klh=ron e)pidikazo/menoi a)mfisbhtei=n h)\ parakataba/llein le/gontai, oi( me\n fa/skontes e)pi/dikon ei)=nai to\n klh=ron, w(s o)/ntos paido\s tw=| teteleuthko/ti h)\ go/nw| h)\ poih/sei, oi( de\ w(s a)/paidos teleuth/santos dikaio/teron le/gontes e)/xein au)tou\s to\n klh=ron tou= labo/ntos, h)\ suggenei=s o)/ntes h)\ kata\ diaqh/kas klhrono/moi. ou(/tws *dhmosqe/nhs kai\ *(uperi/dhs peri\ tou= kataba/llein diesa/fhsan.
Notes (3)
- See also alpha 1765. The present entry derives from Harpokration s.v.
- 1A genitive plural in Harpok. has become debased, here, to an accusative singular. ↩
- 2The negative (supplied by Dobree), in Harpok. and again here, is needed for the statement to make sense. ↩
- 3Demosthenes 43.5; Hyperides fr. 108 Jensen. ↩
References
A.R.W. Harrison, The Law of Athens vol.2 (Oxford 1971) 158-61
Linked from5 entries
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Revision history4 revisions · last 21 Feb 2012
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added note and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- modified headword and translation; added notes and bibliography — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict