Ἀγοραίαν δίκην
agora lawsuit, forensic lawsuit
Translated by William Hutton24 Oct 2000Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the (?)defense plea.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀγοραίαν δίκην· τὴν δικαιολογίαν.
Betacode
*)agorai/an di/khn: th\n dikaiologi/an.
Notes
- An opaque entry, and made the more so because it appears in other lexica in different forms. In Photius (alpha231 Theodoridis) the lemma itself is the adjective only, i.e.
di/khn is lacking; the Synagoge (alpha82) hasdi/khn as the first part of the gloss. All that seems certain, therefore, is thata)gorai/an (accusative singular) is quoted from somewhere.
The glossing term dikaiologia can mean either a defense plea or a forensic speech of any kind: see LSJ s.v.