Ἐπίσκηψις
denunciation
Translated by William Hutton1 Dec 2007Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
A lawsuit [brought] against those who have testified falsely.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐπίσκηψις· δίκη κατὰ τῶν ψευδομαρτυρησάντων.
Betacode
*)epi/skhyis: di/kh kata\ tw=n yeudomarturhsa/ntwn.
Notes
- = scholion to Plato Laws 11.937B, where the headword (here nominative singular) occurs in the accusative plural, along with several forms of the related verb
e)piskh/ptw (epsilon 2577 and web address 1). Likewise Lexica Segueriana 255.27 and Photius, Lexicon epsilon1698; cf. Pollux 8.31, and epsilon 2083.
Though used in the context of Plato's imaginary polis Magnesia, it is an item of vocabulary well-attested in classical Athenian law and litigation: see LSJ s.v.