Ἀμφισβητεῖν
to claim
Translated by Jennifer Benedict14 Aug 2000Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[To claim] and to counter-claim. Whenever someone appears to have died childless, but someone [else] claims to be his son, this man is said to be "claiming" the estate. But if he does not introduce himself as a son of the deceased, but says that the estate belongs to him by descent in another way, the laws order him to "counter-claim". In both situations, however, there is an opportunity for refutation.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀμφισβητεῖν καὶ παρακαταβάλλειν· ὅταν τελευτήσας τις ἄπαις εἶναι δοκῇ, φάσκῃ δέ τις ἑαυτὸν ἐκείνου υἱόν, οὗτος ἀμφισβητεῖν τοῦ κλήρου λέγεται. εἰ δὲ παῖδα μὲν τοῦ θανόντος ἑαυτὸν μὴ εἰσάγοι, λέγοι δὲ ἄλλως κατὰ γένος αὐτῷ προσήκειν τὸν κλῆρον, παρακαταβάλλειν αὐτὸν οἱ νόμοι κελεύουσι. πλὴν ἀμφότερα ἐπ' ἀντιλογίας τάσσεται.
Betacode
*)amfisbhtei=n kai\ parakataba/llein: o(/tan teleuth/sas tis a)/pais ei)=nai dokh=|, fa/skh| de/ tis e(auto\n e)kei/nou ui(o/n, ou(=tos a)mfisbhtei=n tou= klh/rou le/getai. ei) de\ pai=da me\n tou= qano/ntos e(auto\n mh\ ei)sa/goi, le/goi de\ a)/llws kata\ ge/nos au)tw=| prosh/kein to\n klh=ron, parakataba/llein au)to\n oi( no/moi keleu/ousi. plh\n a)mfo/tera e)p' a)ntilogi/as ta/ssetai.
Notes
- On this topic see already alpha 1764. The present entry is paralleled in Photius s.v.
Linked from4 entries
- α1762Ἀμφισβατεῖνto disputeSome [spell this] a)mfisbhtei=n, but Ionians also [have] a)gxibatei=n ["to wrangle"]. And Heraclitus [has the related noun] a)gxibasi/h ["wrangling"].
- α1763Ἀμφισβητεῖνto dispute[Meaning] not to be in agreement, but, in effect, to diverge and be in dispute. "Ptolemy, knowing that his own ancestors had held Coele Syria, prepared to make great disputation in support of these claims; for he hoped…
- α1764Ἀμφισβητεῖνto claim[To claim] and to counter-claim. Those involved in litigation [about] the estate are said to claim or to counter-claim, with one side maintaining that the estate is [not] a matter for litigation, as there is a son of…
- α1766Ἀμφισβήτησιςestablishing a claim"Those outside [i.e. pagans] say: 'let the claim depend on a verdict, but let the verdict test the arguments, let the test define what is necessary, let the definition be written down, let the writings be validated, let…
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Revision history3 revisions · last 4 Mar 2012
- tweaked note — Catharine Roth
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
- modified headword and translation; added note — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict